Scott is a retired Asheville N.C. Police Sergeant with over 35 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 and 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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In his career, Lunsford 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 currently as an SRO in the 

School System he grew up in.   

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Scott also operates a podcast : 

        The FelonFile.com        

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It discusses law enforcement history, issues, and incidents in the Appalachian Mountains and beyond. A podcast heard in 21 countries around the world. Now in season 10. 

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