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 [...]