Lt. Rachel Esters is a graduate of the School of Police Staff and Command at Northwestern University and is a 22-year veteran with the Larimer County Sheriff’s Office in Fort Collins, Colorado. While an executive member of her organization, she was both a leader and the subject employee during her gender transition. In 2013, Esters shared with friends and co-workers that she was transgender, and since that announcement, she has made the physical and social change of gender from male to female while serving in a law enforcement agency.