{"id":265195,"date":"2026-04-13T06:52:32","date_gmt":"2026-04-13T06:52:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/265195\/"},"modified":"2026-04-13T06:52:32","modified_gmt":"2026-04-13T06:52:32","slug":"tulare-county-detective-remembered-as-dedicated-father","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/265195\/","title":{"rendered":"Tulare County detective remembered as dedicated father"},"content":{"rendered":"

Tulare County Sheriff Mike Boudreaux on Thursday remembered deputy Randy Hoppert, recalling a brief conversation the two had Wednesday \u2014 one day before Hoppert was shot and killed<\/a> in the line of duty.<\/p>\n

Hoppert, 35, responded Thursday to a live scene in Porterville where other deputies had called for assistance and reported shots fired after a man was served an eviction notice at a home.<\/p>\n

Hoppert was struck by gunfire and was later pronounced dead at Sierra View Medical Center in Porterville.<\/p>\n

Boudreaux recalled the fallen deputy as a father.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe\u2019s leaving behind a wife, and he has a family. He\u2019s a human being who takes his kids to sports, shops at the same shopping centers as you do,\u201d Boudreaux said.<\/p>\n

Boudreaux said Hoppert\u2019s wife is four months pregnant. Hoppert was the grandson of former Tulare County Undersheriff Doyle Hoppert.<\/p>\n

Hoppert served as a detective for five years and was a six-year veteran of the Tulare County Sheriff\u2019s Office.<\/p>\n

In 2025, he served on the Tulare Area Gangs and Narcotics Enforcement Team.<\/p>\n

Hoppert also served in the U.S. Navy from 2010 to 2015. The sheriff\u2019s office said his training helped him recently while saving a 2-year-old girl who became unresponsive after a fall; she was taken to Valley Children\u2019s Hospital and made a full recovery.<\/p>\n

\"Photo Photo of Randy Hoppert who received letters of commendation for going above and beyond the call of duty for saving a 2-year-old girl\u2019s life. TULARE COUNTY SHERIFF\u2019S OFFICE <\/p>\n

Hoppert later received letters of commendation for going above and beyond the call of duty.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe\u2019s out there doing a job: To try and make our community safe,\u201d Boudreaux said.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is a dangerous job, and it\u2019s one that you have to have a certain personality to do it, to serve your community, because each and every day families know that the officer may not come home, and that\u2019s what happened today.\u201d<\/p>\n

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