Family, Friends & Fellow Officers Remember...

As we in Philadelphia deal with the loss of a great Officer in a similar manner, I can only say that I understand the amount of grief that your family and friends must be going through.

I am sorry for your loss and my thoughts and prayers are with you.

Officer Murphy

Police Officer Christine Murphy
Philadelphia Police Department

May 21, 2006

Thank you for protecting and serving and for making the ultimate sacrifice. May God be with you and look over your family and friends.

Dep. T. Cumbie
Escambia County S.O., Florida

May 12, 2006

He will be very much missed by the family... It saddens me to know that he worked in a city of terror for years and never once got hurt, but to go to a safe town up north and end up getting KILLED due to a hate crime... Hate crime is what caused him to get killed, I wish the hate crimes could be stopped... Thanks to all for your contrubutions of making the USA a better place to live....

Civilian
friend of Family

April 23, 2006

My sincerest condolences to Officer Sell's family, friends and co-workers. I will continue to honor these men and women who serve and protect us 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.

New Bedford, MA resident
Relative of Fallen Officer Michael Arruda LA County Sheriffs Office

April 20, 2006

Thank you is no enough for your bravery. Your service to your nation will never be forgotten.

Kathleen
Alabama C.O.P.S.

April 7, 2006

As a former law enforcement explorer and current military member I would like to thank you for serving your country and and dedicating your life to law enforcement.

US Navy

April 1, 2006

May you rest in peace,
May your family and friends find peace,
Until you meet again.

Thank you for your years of dedication and the ultimate sacrafice that you took on 2/4/06. God Bless.

CO Santos
MA Dept. of Correction

March 27, 2006

God bless you and your family and your co workers. Feb 4th is a hard day for our family as well. Your in our thoughts and prayers The Rolniak Family eow 2-4-04 Det. William Rolniak Jr.

riverdale pd

March 17, 2006

Officer Sell was my friend's uncle. She told me about his death just this evening. I read the account of his death and am saddened for it. Please accept my best wishes to his family, friends, and colleagues. By choice I trust that he is in a better place now. Rest in peace.

Andy Vida

March 13, 2006

What a terrible chain of events. Thank you, Officer Sell, for your 30 years of dedicated service. You will not be forgotten! God Bless you and yours. We'll take it from here. Rest in peace, brother.

Trooper
Colorado State Patrol

March 9, 2006

With deepest regards and sympathy. Thank you for watching over those on the streets. It is our watch now.

Lexington Division of Police Recruit Class 22006.

Recruit McClanahan
Lexington Division of Police

March 3, 2006

We met Jim and Terri last year in their vacation trip through the US. Jim it was a pleasure to have met you. We would like to say that you left a life long impression on us. You told us, that you've been retired, so we thought, that you are save. Our thoughts are with your family, especially Terri. RIP

Juergen Polster and family Schwarz
friends from germany

March 3, 2006

I just wanted to say to the family and friends of Officer Sell that I am very sorry for what has happened and I am so very proud of someone so dedicated to the job and community. My heart goes out to all you and I will keep you in my prayers. Thank you for your many years of service Officer Sell. You will be missed.

Officer B. Johnson
Columbus Police Department

February 25, 2006

To the family, friends and colleagues of Ofc Sell. Our department would like to extend our most sincere condonlences for the loss of a True and dedicated Hero.

Ofc. Eric A. Platt
NH State Hospital Campus PD

February 25, 2006

Sell Family and Gasville Officers,
Our Department sends our deepest sympothy on the death of Officer Sell.
Even though I never met Officer Sell it is very sad to lose a fellow brother or sister in law enforcement. May God be with the Sell Family and the Gasville Officers.

Deputy Ricky Morales
Jackson County Sheriff's Department, Ar

February 21, 2006

Our thoughts and prayers are with the family and friends. You have made the ultimate sacrifice. It is your turn to walk the streets of heaven beside god my brother. Rest in peace. We have the watch now.

S.C.O. Thomas J. Wilson # 1369
N.J.D.O.C.

February 21, 2006

I truly admire the fact that Officer Sell was 63 years old and still out there chasing the bad guys!! Even though Sell is so many miles away...he is thought of here in L.A. County...S. Michelson

Detective Stuart Michelson
LAPD

February 20, 2006

Although I only met Jim once I would like to say that he left a life long impression on me as a man who wished to serve others. Jim it was a pleasure to have met you and your family. I would like to express my heart felt condolences to the family (especially Terri) and all his friends and colleagues.

Ken Powell
Friend

February 20, 2006

My tought and prayers go out to the family and Gassville Police Dept. May Officer Sell's sacrifice and others not be forgotten.My family will keep you in our prayers.

Sheriff Danny Ormand
Lafayette co. Sheriff's Office

February 17, 2006

To the family and friends of Officer Jim Sell and to his fellow officers with the Gassville Police Dept:

My heart was saddened to learn of another horrific crime that took the life of a dedicated law enforcement officer. On behalf of our entire family, I extend our sincerest condolences on the grievous loss you sustained when Officer Sell was brutally murdered. Thirty years devoted to law enforcement is a testament to Officer Sell's character and integrity.

May you be comforted by the support and warm embrace of the brotherhood and sisterhood of law enforcement, and other police survivors who share this painful journey with you. Officer Sell is a true hero whose bravery and dedication to protecting the citizens of Arkansas will not be forgotten.

I am glad that the cowardly monster who took Officer Sell's life saved his family the pain of lengthy court proceedings by shooting himself. After that monster hurt so many other people, it seems just and fair that evil looked at itself in the mirror.

This reflection is sent with the utmost respect for the service Officer Sell gave to his country through his naval military service and to his community through his service as a peace officer, and for the supreme sacrifice he and his family made on February 4, 2006.

Phyllis Loya, mother of Larry Lasater, Pittsburg Police Dept, eow 4/24/05

February 17, 2006

Officer Sell, as Jesus said in the sermon on the mount, blessed be the peacekeepers, for they are truly the children of God.....Thank you for your years of selfless service and may you keep the streets of gold safe for those of us who will come behind you!!

Deputy Scott Terrell
Pulaski County S.O.

February 16, 2006

Thank you sir for a job well done. 10-7 10-42. Rest in peace Jim.

civilian callie reynolds
norfork, arkansas

February 15, 2006

I worked with Jim for seven years with the Blytheville Police Department from 1986 to 1993. He was my captain, my fellow officer, my friend. It grieved me very much to hear that he met his fate by some cowardly punk. I know that Jim is in a much better place now and he traded his body armor for Angel's Wings. I will miss him.

Chief Vernon C. Gann
Cave City Police Department, Arkansas

February 15, 2006

Officer Sell thank you for your many years of service to your fellow man. Rest in peace my brother in blue. May God bless your family.

State Constable J.L. Green
S.C. State Constables

February 15, 2006

Officer/Captain Sell, you are more than just a hero. You gave of yourself to your country in the Navy, to the citizens of Blytheville for 27 years and then, when you could have sat back and enjoyed your retirement, you went back into the trenches part-time for the citizens of Gassville. I admire that and know in my heart, you were put at the head of the line at the Pearly Gates. My heart goes out to your family and all who knew and loved you.

God Bless and Rest in Peace.

Ptl. Jim Leahy Jr.
Harvard University Police Dept.

February 15, 2006