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Scott is a retired Asheville N.C. Police Sergeant with more than 33 years of public service working as a Detective and a supervisor in the youth services and sexual assault unit. He has been a uniformed supervisor in the department’s School Resource Officers Unit.  Worked as a patrol forensic tech, patrol officer, and West District patrol supervisor.  He is also a North Carolina  Law Enforcement Instructor and Teacher.   Certified as a  North Carolina K-12 Substitute Teacher and School Resource Officer 

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Lunsford, in his career, has worked directly with the young people of Western North Carolina, adults, and educators. Though retired, Scott enjoys writing Fiction and non-fiction books for adults and children.

As well as  working as an SRO in the County

School System he grew up in.    

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Scott also operates a podcast : 

                FelonFile.com               

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A Discussion of law enforcement history, issues, and incidents in the Appalachian Mountains and beyond.  Listened to in 21 Countries around the world.   Now in season Eight.  

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Scott resides on a mountain top with his wonderful wife Robin, a slightly insane cat, and Mickey the Chaweenie dog.