Kelly Bernard Rolando
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Correctional Officer I

Kelly Bernard Rolando

Missouri Department of Corrections — Jefferson City, MO
Accident
End of Watch October 22, 2023
Age 34
Tour of Duty 8 yrs
Gender Male

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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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

Type Corrections
Location Jefferson City, Cole County, MO
Platform Identity mdcorr.cole.mo.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch October 22, 2023
Tour of Duty 8 yrs
Age 34
Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Accident

The Sacrifice · Accident

Kelly is one of 8,275 officers lost to accidents in the United States, 30% of the 27,551 remembered there.

34,117 officers are remembered on this memorial. Each number below is one of them.

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Time

In 2023, 43 officers in the United States were lost to accidents, the 106th heaviest of 174 years on record. The heaviest was 1929, with 118.

Every year on record · United States
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Who

Kelly was 34. Of the 7,718 lost to accidents in the United States whose age is recorded, half were between 29 and 46; the middle age was 36. Kelly had served 8 years; the middle length of service was 6 years.

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When

October holds 9.1% of these deaths in the United States; August holds the most, 9.5%. Sundays: 14%.

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How

Accident deaths account for 30% of all 27,551 deaths in the United States, the 2nd most common cause.

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His people

Missouri Department of Corrections has 20 officers remembered here, Kelly among them.

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Correctional Officer I Kelly Bernard Rolando

Missouri Department of Corrections · End of Watch October 22, 2023

Where the Name Is Cut

National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial · Panel 56-E

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