Roll of Honor
Incident
Detective Michael Dion suffered a fatal heart attack while on traffic assignment at 60 Fuller Road in Chicopee.
He had moved several large barricades as part of the road closure assignment when he collapsed. He was transported to the hospital, where he was kept on life support to donate his organs.
Detective Dion had served with the Chicopee Police Department for 39 years.
Survivors
He is survived by his girlfriend and daughter.
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- July 23, 2026
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Tributes
39 years. You could have gone home.
Detective Dion gave the Chicopee Police Department 39 years. Still answering calls at the end.
Thank you for your service to the Chicopee community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Detective Dion.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
Agency
Service Record
Incident Details
Detective Michael J. Dion 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. Michael J. Dion's cause is highlighted.
How Michael J. Dion Compares
When Cardiac Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Cardiac deaths across the full memorial record. Michael J. Dion is highlighted in Nov.