Roll of Honor
Kelly Bernard Rolando
Incident
Correctional Officer Kelly Rolando was killed in a vehicle crash at 7:14 p.m. on the 54 Bypass in Mexico, Missouri.
Officer Rolando was returning to the Northeast Correctional Center in Bowling Green from a temporary assignment at the University Hospital in Columbia when he collided head-on with a vehicle traveling southbound.
He and the driver of the other vehicle were killed instantly.
Officer Rolando had served with the Missouri Department of Corrections for eight years.
Survivors
He is survived by his mother, father, grandmothers, grandfather, three sisters, and two brothers.
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- August 2, 2026
- Last updated
- August 2, 2026
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Tributes
I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Correctional Officer I Rolando gave the Missouri Department of Corrections 8 years.
Thank you for your service to the people of Missouri. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Correctional Officer I Rolando.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
Agency
Service Record
Incident Details
Correctional Officer I Kelly Bernard Rolando is one of 1 officers lost to accidents in the line of duty across the full record of this memorial — 0% of all 97,772 officers honored here.
In MO, 237 of 813 officers were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 29.2% of this state's fallen. That is 29.2 percentage points above the national rate of 0%.
At Missouri Department of Corrections, 2 of 20 officers on record were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 10% of this agency's fallen.
National Cause Distribution
How Accident compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Kelly Bernard Rolando's cause is highlighted.
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