Attacks on Police Officers Skyrocket
The Right View with Lara Trump
The Right View with Lara Trump
4.4 • 637 Ratings
🗓️ 12 December 2025
⏱️ 50 minutes
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Summary
In this episode, Lara speaks with retired police lieutenant and founder of The Wounded Blue, Randy Sutton. They discuss the mission of his organization to support wounded and disabled police officers, his decades of service with the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department, and the near-death experience while stopping a mass shooter that inspired him to take action. Randy also breaks down the alarming rise in attacks on police officers since 2020 and what it means for law enforcement nationwide.
Later in the show, Lara welcomes three-time World Series champion and author Jeremy Affeldt to discuss his new book, Built for the Storm: Weathering the Storms of Life with Grit, Faith, and Determination. Jeremy shares stories from his baseball career, how he was recruited, his advice for parents putting kids into youth sports, why failure is an essential part of success, and the role faith plays in shaping his life.
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| 0:00.0 | And I won't back down. |
| 0:03.0 | Hey, baby, there ain't no easy way out. |
| 0:11.0 | Hey, everybody, thanks so much for joining us right here on The Right View. |
| 0:14.6 | Tonight we're joined by retired police lieutenant and founder of the Wounded Blue, Randy Sutton. |
| 0:20.8 | Randy, welcome to the show. I'm always so excited to talk to P. and founder of the wounded blue, Randy Sutton. |
| 0:22.4 | Randy, welcome to the show. |
| 0:28.7 | I'm always so excited to talk to people who have served our country in whatever capacity, |
| 0:31.7 | whether in the military, police, and law enforcement. |
| 0:34.7 | Thank you so much for all you've done and continue to do. |
| 0:39.3 | You rose to lieutenant in one of the toughest departments in the country, Las Vegas Metro. So tell me about that and tell me about maybe what it was that you |
| 0:45.9 | learned ultimately during all the time you spent out on the streets there. And as I said, |
| 0:52.1 | you know, kind of becoming lieutenant in one of the toughest departments. |
| 0:55.7 | Well, I appreciate so much you have me on the show. My trajectory to Las Vegas was a little |
| 1:02.4 | different. I was a police officer in Princeton, New Jersey for 10 years. And I was a detective |
| 1:07.7 | when I decided I couldn't work in a small town any longer. |
| 1:11.3 | I needed some action. |
| 1:12.6 | So I started my career all over again. |
| 1:14.9 | I tested with the Las Vegas Metro Police Department, which is the ninth-largest apartment in the country, |
| 1:20.6 | and had to go through the academy all over again, start my career all over again. |
| 1:24.5 | But I never looked back, Lara, because that was where I got exactly |
| 1:29.2 | what I was looking for, the challenges of a major department. And I'd never look back on that |
| 1:35.6 | decision. But with it came, you know, be careful what you wish for. So as a police officer in New |
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