Family, Friends & Fellow Officers Remember...

Thank you Sgt. Ester for your bravery and for paying the ultimate sacrifice for the fine folks in Arkansas. You are a true AMERICAN HERO !!!!!

My prayers are with your family, friends and co-workers. May you forever, rest in peace, my sister....

Sgt. Mitch Cheselka (Retired)
Orange County Sheriff, California
Polk County Sheriff, Oregon

January 21, 2012

I work at the same unit as Sgt. Ester. My shift had ended and I was at home when I heard what had happened. My thoughts and prayers go out to the entire Ester family! May God keep his hand on them and each and everyone of us.

Co1
Arkansas Dept of Corrections

January 21, 2012

All law enforcement officers see the absolute best and absolute worst in others...this is such a case. What a needless and tragic murder of an honorable public servant doing her duty. She is at rest and in peace in the arms of the Lord. God Bless her and her family left behind to endure.

James 1:27 God our Father accepts as pure and faultless is this: to look after orphans and widows in their distress and to keep oneself from being polluted by the world.

Robert Dent
Oregon State Police (Retired)

January 21, 2012

More and more I begin to believe in the death penalty, My condolences to Sgt Barbara's family. My heart feels your loss

Robina Browne (mother)
Dep, Sheriff D Browne-Sanchez (Honolulu)

January 21, 2012

Rest in Peace Sergeant Ester, Thank you for your service .
My condolences to Sergeant Esters family.

S.O. H Garcia
Federal Bureau of Prisons

January 21, 2012

My prayers and heart goes out to the family and co-worker of Sgt. Ester. I pray God wrap his loving arms around you all and comfort you through this time.

Former Fed. Correctional Officer

January 21, 2012

The lord has called to you, those words no one in law enforcement want to hear. The lord said Sergeant Barbara Ester you have served your corrections department well, it is time to come home. Sergeant Barbara Ester your shift has ended.

To her husband, it is not how your wife left us and our law enforcement community, it is the legacey and memories she created, so share them well with everyone. Rest in Peace sister.

Officer C. Moran
Nevada Department of Corrections

January 21, 2012

MY CLASSMATE, FRIEND, AND FELLOW OFFICER WAS SHE. A PERSON THAT MADE YOU LAUGH, THAT WOULD TAKE TIME TO STOP TALKING AND LISTEN TO WHAT YOU HAD TO SAY. OUR MEETING PLACE AS WE BOTH WENT TO OUR AREA OF EMPLOYMENT WAS MARTY-MART..SHE OFTENED JOKED ABOUT MY BADGE NUMBER #69, SHE SAID IT FIT THE MOLD FOR MY CHARACTER.. IT WILL BE HARD NOT TO THINK ABOUT HER, OR MORN FOR HER, WHY BECAUSE SHE WAS MY FRIEND, A SISTER OF THE SHIELD, AND A FORMER JR HIGH THROUGH HIGH SCHOOL CLASSMATE... REST IN LOVE BARBARA, YOU WILL BE MISSED.... MY PRAYERS ARE WITH MY FAMILIES, THE DUKES, THE ESTER, THE HEMPSHIRE CHURCH FAMILY, (she was a FIRST LADY) THE LEE HIGH SCHOOL CLASS OF 1981 AND 1983, AND LAST BUT NOT LEAST, THE EAST ARKANSAS REGIONAL UNIT OF THE ARKANSAS DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTION!!!

OFFICER P. A. FRANKS PYE #69
FORMER EMPLOYEE OF EARU AND EMPLOYED BY MARIANNA POLICE DEPARTMENT

January 21, 2012

"Blessed are the peacemakers: for they shall be called the children of God."
Matthew 5:9

My deepest condolences to her husband!!

Craig Mohorcic
Citizen

January 21, 2012

Another brave soul watching over us. R.I.P my sister!

Patrol Officer Larkan
Pulaski Tech PD

January 21, 2012

May God comfort your family and grant you eternal rest and peace. "Count up lock up."

Lt. M. Douglas
New Jersey Department of Corrections

January 21, 2012

MY CONDOLENCES TO FAMILY, FRIENDS, AND DEPARTMENT FOR YOUR LOSS. MAY GOD BLESS YOU ALL.

CSO
FEDERAL BUREAU OF PRISONS

January 21, 2012

My prayers and blessings are with you and your family in this time of hardship. May you R.I.P. We have the watch from here.

Deputy Knudsen
Bannock County Sheriff's Office

January 21, 2012

RIP sister Barbara.

May God bless and be with your family, co-workers and friends at this very difficult time.

Det. Bevenour
Gettysburg Police Dept

January 21, 2012

My thoughts and prayers are with those affected by this tragedy. May Barbara rest in peace, and the friends and family of this great correctional officer find support and understanding in her death.

Sergeant Tom Anez
South Dakota Department of Corrections

January 21, 2012

It is at times a thankless job to stand on the wall to protect those you love and care about from those who would do them and many others harm. Tonight, thank you will not be enough for those who have lost a loved one, a colleague, a friend. Tonight will be a time to remember her and to mourn. Tomorrow we will be on the wall for her and those we all try to protect. God Bless Sgt. Ester.

Sgt. Ralph Lee Rigdon
Columbia County Sheriff's Office Corrections Division St. Helens OR

January 20, 2012

"Blessed are the peacemakers: for they shall be called the children of God."
Matthew 5:9

Marshal Chris Di Gerolamo
Federal Air Marshal Service

January 20, 2012

REST IN PEACE SERGEANT ESTER. YOU ARE A TRUE HERO.

Deputy J. D. Davis
Pittsylvania County Sheriff's Office

January 20, 2012

Sergeant Ester thank you for your service. May God bless you and your family. Rest in peace. You will not be forgotten!

Friend

January 20, 2012

My thoughts and prayers go out to the family and fellow officers of Sgt. Ester.

Health Services Administrator
MTC

January 20, 2012

R.I.P officer Ester. Your sacrifice does not go unrecognized! Go rest high on that mountain.

corrections officer, Jenkins B.
GEO group corrections

January 20, 2012

Rest in Peace Sergeant Barbara Ester.

Officer William D.Kelly Jr. Cook County Department of Corrections

January 20, 2012

RIP. Thank you for your service. My thoughts and prayers are with you and your family.

Officer D.Downing Moody Police Department

January 20, 2012

My thoughts and prayers are with the family and friends of Sgt Ester,
Davida Chapman RN HSA
MTC
Henderson, Texas

Health Services Administrator
MTC

January 20, 2012

Absolutely tragic beyond words. Thank you, Sergeant Ester, for your service not only to the people of Arkansas but to the entire country. My thoughts are with your family and friends as well as co-workers and entire Department. You lived as a hero and will forever be remembered as one.

Sergeant B. Wolgast
Florida Department of Corrections

January 20, 2012