Gilbert A. Duthie

End of Watch:  Saturday, September 5, 1970
Badge:  143
Age:  39

Officer Gilbert A. Duthie drowned when his cruiser was washed away by flood waters when Sycamore Creek, near Sunflower, Arizona, overflowed. Officer Duthie was responding to assist stranded citizens who were stranded due to flooding. He was driving on the Beeline Highway and did not see that a portion of the bridge had been washed out. His patrol car left the roadway, entered the creek, and was washed away.