Roll of Honor
Incident
Sergeant Herschel Turner was struck and killed by a police car while assisting a neighboring agency at the scene of a traffic stop on Chambers Road near Lance Drive.
He and a Bellefontaine Neighbors Police Department officer had stopped a stolen vehicle at about 12:30 am. Another Bellefonte Neighbors officer was arriving at the scene to assist when a vehicle in front of it struck one of the police cars. The officer swerved to avoid striking the vehicle and unintentionally struck Sergeant Turner.
Sergeant Turner had served with the Moline Acres Police Department for 16 years and had previously served with the Pagedale Police Department for six years.
Survivors
He is survived by his wife and three daughters.
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- July 23, 2026
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Tributes
22 years. You could have gone home.
Sergeant Turner gave the Moline Acres Police Department 22 years. Still answering calls at the end.
Thank you for your service to the Moline Acres community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Sergeant Turner.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
Agency
Service Record
Incident Details
Sergeant Herschel Rico Turner 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%.
National Cause Distribution
How Accident compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Herschel Rico Turner's cause is highlighted.
How Herschel Rico Turner Compares
When Accident Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Accident deaths across the full memorial record. Herschel Rico Turner is highlighted in Dec.