The Las Vegas Police Gun fights and Trauma

Law Enforcement Talk: True Crime and Trauma Stories

Bleav + Law Enforcement Talk - John J Wiley

Law Enforcement, Documentary, Education, News, Self-improvement, True Crime, News Commentary, Society & Culture, Politics

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🗓️ 10 August 2025

⏱️ 41 minutes

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Summary

“What happens in Vegas doesn’t always stay in Vegas,” says Randy Sutton, a man whose career with The Las Vegas Police was marked by heroism, split-second decisions, and more than a few brushes with death. Sutton, a retired Lieutenant with the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department (LVMPD) and a 34-year veteran of law enforcement, recently returned to the Law Enforcement Talk Radio Show and Podcast to share his story.

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0:00.0	He's a retired Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Lieutenant.
0:04.1	During his police career, he was involved in a gun fight that most would not survive.
0:10.6	He does a lot of great work to help wounded police officers across country with the wounded blue.
0:16.2	He's here to tell us about both on the Law Enforcement Talk Radio Show.
0:19.6	Welcome to the Law Enforcement Talk Radio Show. In the Law Enforcement Talk Radio Show. Welcome to the Law Enforcement Talk
0:22.0	Radio Show. In the Law Enforcement Talk Radio Show, we are joined by special guests talking
0:27.3	about their experiences, their realities of investigating crimes, plus those have experienced
0:33.0	horrendous trauma, police, first responders, military, and victims of crime share their stories.
0:38.5	Hi, I'm John Jay Wiley.
0:40.6	In addition to being a broadcaster, I'm also a retired police sergeant.
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1:14.4	at Medium.com.
1:16.1	Join us from Las Vegas, Nevada.
1:17.9	It is not true what they say about what happens in Vegas stays in Vegas.
1:21.5	We have Randy Sutton.
1:22.9	The reason I say that, Randy Sutton's retired Los Vegas Metropolitan Police Lieutenant.
1:27.4	He was on this show before, so he's in Vegas and he's returning. Welcome back. Randy. It's a pleasure to have you. It's a pleasure to be here. Thanks for having me again. It's been a while. And we're going to talk about the Wounded Blue website. The Woonerblu.org. The Woonerblue.org. The Woonerblum.com.
1:44.9	His podcast is called A Cop's Life before we get into all that.
1:48.5	And the nuts and bolts about the gunfight you were in that you want to talk about.
1:52.3	Tell us a little bit about your police career.
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