Randy Turner

Randy Turner

Suicide Veteran Honored
End of Watch August 24, 2014
Age 37
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Gender Male

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Permanent identifier
BO-US-TX-9596DC6E
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Last updated
July 23, 2026

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Officer Randy Turner served with the Polk County Texas Sheriff’s Office.
Thank you for your service, and for your service before it. We will always remember your sacrifice.
You belong on this wall. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, brother.

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

Agency

Location TX
Platform Identity pctsoso.polk.tx.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch August 24, 2014
Age 37
Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Suicide

Military Service

Randy Turner served in the United States military before joining law enforcement. Full service record available on salute.nw.

Randy Turner is one of 256 officers honored for deaths connected to the weight of the job across the full record of this memorial — 0.8% of all 32,508 officers honored here.

In TX, 12 of 2,421 officers were honored for deaths connected to the weight of the job — 0.5% of this state's fallen.

Polk County Texas Sheriff’s Office
1
of 1 officers
100% Suicide
TX — Statewide
12
of 2,421 officers
0.5% Suicide
Nationwide
256
of 32,508 officers
0.8% Suicide

National Cause Distribution

How Suicide compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Randy Turner's cause is highlighted.

Felonious
17,623 (54.2%)
Accident
10,088 (31%)
Illness
2,974 (9.1%)
Cardiac
1,306 (4%)
Undetermined
260 (0.8%)
Suicide
256 (0.8%)
vehicular
1 (0%)

How Randy Turner Compares

Age at End of Watch
37
This officer
Avg for Suicide: 41.7 years

When Suicide Deaths Occur

Monthly distribution of Suicide deaths across the full memorial record. Randy Turner is highlighted in Aug.

Jan
24
Feb
22
Mar
15
Apr
18
May
30
Jun
28
Jul
18
Aug
15
Sep
21
Oct
24
Nov
21
Dec
18