Governor Brewer has ordered that flags be lowered to half- staff from sunrise to sunset on May 9, 2011, in honor of CO II Petrie who was killed in a traffic accident late yesterday while enroute to the Department of Corrections' Cimarron Unit. 

Officer Petrie was a 15 year veteran with the Department.  He had only recently returned to work after a 2-year stateside deployment with the Marine Corps Reserves.  Governor Brewer offers her prayers and condolences to the entire family of Officer Petrie.