NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — The city welcomed three new police officers to the force last week.

 

City Clerk Tina Leonesio swore in Samuel Demolino, Jasmine Knapp, and Christopher Voss at Tuesday's City Council meeting. All three had graduated from the Police Academy a few days earlier. 

 

Mayor Jennifer Macksey introduced the officers and urged them to embrace their new responsibility with "integrity and purpose."

 

Delmolino is a native of Adams and a 2017 graduate of McCann Technical School and earned a degree in sports management from Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts in 2021. He had been working at a bank in Westfield but moved back to pursue a career in law enforcement. 

 

"Officer Delmolino hopes to put his computer skills that he gained at McCann to use in helping protect vulnerable individuals by targeting online predators," said Macksey, adding that he is following a family legacy as his grandfather was an Adams police officer. 

 

Knapp is also from Adams and graduated from Hoosac Valley High School in 2016 and earned an associate's degree in criminal justice from Berkshire Community College. Her background includes "compassionate care," working at Berkshire Medical Center and No Paws Left Behind and running a dog-walking service. 

 

"She has long felt a calling to make a deeper impact on her community," said the mayor. "Her love for animals inspires her dream of one day serving as a K9 officer."

 

Voss has the most diverse background, growing up in Lexington and graduating from Lexington High in 2007. He earned a bachelor's degree and the received a master's in vocal performance and opera. 

 

"He was a familiar voice behind the afternoon drive time in Boston," Macksey said, until moving here to work in construction during the pandemic. She said he has a "strong sense of empathy and people skills which led him to pursue a career in policing. ...

 

"He was a standout at the academy, which made me very proud, as class president and received the prestigious academy leadership award."