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FEATURE

Lt. Randy Sutton (ret.) to travel the United Sates in search of people whose own lives
Las Vegas Metro Police Department have touched others in great and small ways and speak to
them about their Personal Heroes in an effort to inspire others
Lt. Randy Sutton (ret.) from the Las Vegas Metro Police to reach out with kindness, compassion, integrity and honor.
Department will speak at our Past Presidents Brunch on Sunday. That journey became the catalyst for his bestselling book,
During his service he distinguished himself as one of the highest THE POWER OF LEGACY. Randy continues to touch the lives of
decorated officers in department history having earned multiple others with his words and deeds as he creates his own Power
Lifesaving awards, Exemplary Service awards, Community of Legacy
service and a Medal for Valor. He suffered a career ending
stroke while on patrol. He was also awarded a Presidential Point
of Light Award by President George Bush for his creation of a
reading program for inner city children. Randy is now an author,
TV personality, and actor in movies and television. He has been
chosen as the recipient of this year’s “Hal Lipset Memorial Truth
in Action Award” and will also do a book signing after brunch.

Extract from: FEEL GOOD STORIES BY BLUE LIVES MATTER
FEEL GOOD STORIES
Blue Lives Matter Spokesman, Lt. Randy Sutton, Has Emotional
Reunion With Veteran He Saved
BY COVER WIFE ON MARCH 4, 2017

Randy is a nationally known expert and commentator on law Blue Lives Matter’s National Spokesman, Lt. Randy Sutton (ret.),
enforcement issues and has been featured on FOX & FRIENDS reunited with a veteran he saved. (KTNV)
and The ONE AMERICA NEWS NETWORK and is the “Crime
and Safety” on air personality for KTNV TV Las Vegas. He Las Vegas, NV – Blue Lives Matter’s National Spokesman, Lt.
has appeared on hundreds of radio shows across the nation Randy Sutton (Ret.), went from working in law enforcement to
including Patriot Radio, “Malcolm Out Loud,” “The David Webb advocating for law enforcement and working to build bridges in
Show” and others. His articles have been published in “The the community. Just recently, his 34 years in law enforcement
New York Daily News,” “Townhall.com,” “The Dailey Caller,” came full circle when a military veteran he saved 15 years ago
“Policeone.com,” “Law Officer Magazine,” Police Magazine” saw him on TV and reached out to him.
and others.
Stephanie Winfield was a navy veteran who had hit bottom.“I
had been drinking,” she said. “I had gotten really, really tired
In his inspirational presentation, Randy candidly speaks about
his experiences in law enforcement where he became one of all the hurt and pain I was feeling and I didn’t know how to
of the highest decorated officers in the history of the Metro deal with it.”
Police. He speaks honestly of how being responsible for both
giving life and taking it changed him and put him on a pathway That’s when Winfield says she hatched a plan to call police
to personal growth and how when he suffered a career ending to her Embassy Suites hotel and produce a gun, forcing the
stroke in his patrol car it altered his life forever. The stroke and officers to shoot her. “Suicide by police because I was too
his subsequent diagnosis of a life threatening illness gave him a much of a coward to do it myself,” she said. Thankfully for
new pathway to explore which he credits to “the gift of clarity” her, Sergeant Randy Sutton with the Las Vegas Metropolitan
he received when he survived those events. That path led him Police Department was one of the responding officers that day
in 2001.
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