Nonprofit Helps Police Officers with Injuries that Aren’t Life-Threatening, but Are Life-Changing

Nonprofit helps police officers with injuries that aren’t life-threatening, but are life-changing

While Police Week in D.C. honors officers killed in the line of duty, one nonprofit is shining a light on a different group — officers who survive serious injuries but feel left behind by the very departments they served. Randy Sutton, a retired police lieutenant from Nevada, said he was abandoned by his department after suffering a stroke inside his police car. That experience motivated him to help found the Wounded Blue seven years ago. Randy …

Anonymous $3M donor funds life-saving surgeries for injured officers through nonprofit

A Texas sheriff's deputy whose career was nearly cut short by a severe on-duty back injury is sharing his story of recovery during National Police Week.