Ipswich, Mass – To serve and protect.

It’s not just a slogan.

Two police officers in Ipswich have been awarded for going above and beyond their call of duty for rescuing a man following a boating accident. 

Ipswich police Lt. Jonathan Hubbard and officer Brian Murphy received commendation after the duo responded to a boating distress call last summer. The officers arrived to find four people in the water who had been thrown from a boat and found the watercraft circling the water, unmanned. The driver suffered life-threatening injuries after ultimately being run over by the boat. 

The officers provided critical first aid [...]