Roll of Honor
Incident
Chief of Police Stanley Surpitski suffered a fatal heart attack while on duty in court. Chief Surpitski had served with the agency for 39 years.
Survivors
He was survived by his wife and two children.
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- July 23, 2026
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Tributes
39 years. You could have gone home.
Chief of Police Surpitski gave the Ipswich Police Department 39 years. Still answering calls at the end.
Thank you for your service to the Ipswich community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Chief of Police Surpitski.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
Agency
Service Record
Incident Details
Chief of Police Stanley Joseph Surpitski is one of 1,306 officers lost to cardiac events in the line of duty across the full record of this memorial — 4% of all 32,508 officers honored here.
In MA, 44 of 469 officers were lost to cardiac events in the line of duty — 9.4% of this state's fallen. That is 5.4 percentage points above the national rate of 4%.
National Cause Distribution
How Cardiac compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Stanley Joseph Surpitski's cause is highlighted.
How Stanley Joseph Surpitski Compares
When Cardiac Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Cardiac deaths across the full memorial record. Stanley Joseph Surpitski is highlighted in Jan.