Supporting Our Heroes: Randy Sutton and The Wounded Blue

In this powerful episode of PATC Podcast: Behind the Badge (Uncut), host Mike Heisinger sits down with Randy Sutton, founder of The Wounded Blue, an organization dedicated to supporting injured and disabled law enforcement officers. Randy shares the organization's mission to provide advocacy, financial assistance, and essential resources to officers who have been injured on duty. He highlights heartwarming stories of support, including how they aided a Ferguson officer suffering from a traumatic brain injury and their special Christmas campaign to help families in need.

Randy also discusses the ongoing fight to improve workers' compensation laws, which often fail to protect injured officers, and his work bringing together political and philanthropic support to better safeguard officers and their families. He emphasizes the importance of The Wounded Blue's peer support program, which trains mentors to assist fellow officers, as well as their collaboration with organizations like the Gary Sinise Foundation to broaden their reach.

Whether you’re an officer in need of support or someone looking to make a difference, this episode offers valuable insight into the challenges injured officers face and the efforts The Wounded Blue is making to create lasting change.