The Sergeant Damon Gutzwiller Memorial at Willowbrook County Park was created to honor Santa Cruz County Sheriff, Sergeant Damon Gutzwiller, who died in the line of duty on June 6, 2020.
Sergeant Gutzwiller grew up in Santa Cruz County and lived in the neighborhood near Willowbrook Park which he frequented with his young family and dog. Willowbrook Memorial is a peaceful place for the Sergeant’s family and community to visit, remember, and reflect.
SSA Landscape Architects were selected by Santa Cruz County Parks to design the Memorial at Willowbrook Park. The Memorial seating includes custom brass footprint inlays of the Sergeant and his family, hand selected boulders from the Sierra Nevada’s (a place Damon and his family loved to visit), custom engraved bricks, granite pavers, and a custom precast concrete bench by Paul Neal, with Concrete Craftsman and custom concrete flatwork by Tom Ralston Concrete.