Arizona Department of Public Safety, Arizona
End of Watch: Saturday, September 5, 1970
Age: 39
Tour of Duty: Not available
Badge Number: 143
Cause of Death: Drowned
Date of Incident: September 5, 1970
Weapon Used: Not available
Suspect Info: Not available
Officer Gilbert Duthie drowned when his patrol car was washed away by flood waters when Sycamore Creek, near Sunflower, Arizona, overflowed.
He was responding to assist stranded citizens due to the 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, went into the creek, and was washed away.
A monument in Officer Duthie's honor was placed at the north side of the bridge.