Roll of Honor
Incident
Sergeant Jack Shepley and Officer Stephen Faulkner were killed when their helicopter crashed during a routine surveillance flight at 8:51 pm. Officer Faulkner died on the scene. Sergeant Shepley succumbed to his wounds at the Truman Medical Center. Sergeant Shepley was a United States Navy Vietnam War veteran who had served with the Kansas City Police Department for almost 16 years.
Survivors
He is survived by his wife, son, parents, two brothers, sister, and grandmother.
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- April 2, 2026
- Last updated
- July 23, 2026
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Tributes
I served 1985 to 1993. You served too, before the badge - different uniform, same idea. You go where you are sent and you do not get to pick the call.
Sergeant Shepley gave the Kansas City Police Department 15 years.
Thank you for your service to the Kansas City community, and for your service before it. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, brother.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
Agency
Service Record
Incident Details
Military Service
Jack Steven Shepley served in the Navy (1966â1968) before joining law enforcement.
Sergeant Jack Steven Shepley is one of 10,088 officers lost to accidents in the line of duty across the full record of this memorial — 31% of all 32,508 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 1.8 percentage points below the national rate of 31%.
At Kansas City Police Department, 47 of 120 officers on record were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 39.2% of this agency's fallen.
National Cause Distribution
How Accident compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Jack Steven Shepley's cause is highlighted.
How Jack Steven Shepley Compares
When Accident Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Accident deaths across the full memorial record. Jack Steven Shepley is highlighted in Dec.
Incident Location
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