Jerry Lee Sukstorf

North Platte Police Dept. — North Platte, NE

Cardiac

End of Watch November 25, 1987

Age 53

Tour of Duty 22 yrs

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Gender Male

Incident Service The Sacrifice Department 6

Incident

Sergeant Jerry Sukstorf suffered a fatal heart attack shortly after struggling with a DUI suspect. He was attempted to arrest the man, but the man became belligerent.

The man then began to struggle with Sergeant Sukstorf and two backup officers. They were able to subdue the man and transport him to the hospital. A short time later the man again started struggling with the officers and was subdued again.

Despite feeling ill, Sergeant Sukstorf returned to patrol but collapsed about 30 minutes later.

Sergeant Sukstorf had served with the agency for 22 years.

Rest in peace Jerry

Carson loveless February 6th, 2024

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22 years. You could have gone home.
Sergeant Sukstorf gave the North Platte Police Department 22 years. Still answering calls at the end.
Thank you for your service to the North Platte community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Sergeant Sukstorf.

— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993

Agency

Department North Platte Police Dept.

Location North Platte, NE

Platform Identity nppd.lincoln.ne.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch November 25, 1987

Tour of Duty 22 yrs

Age 53

Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Cardiac

Sergeant Jerry Lee Sukstorf 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 NE, 10 of 151 officers were lost to cardiac events in the line of duty — 6.6% of this state's fallen. That is 2.6 percentage points above the national rate of 4%.

At North Platte Police Dept., 1 of 7 officers on record were lost to cardiac events in the line of duty — 14.3% of this agency's fallen.

North Platte Police Dept.

of 7 officers

14.3% Cardiac

NE — Statewide

of 151 officers

6.6% Cardiac

Nationwide

1,306

of 32,508 officers

4% Cardiac