R. Scott Lunsford

Lunsford a retired Asheville North Carolina USA, Police Sergeant/Detective. He has worked as a Detective, a supervisor in the youth services and sexual assault unit. Served as a uniformed supervisor in the department’s School Resource Officers Unit, a patrol forensic tech, patrol officer, and West District patrol supervisor. A Police Instructor and Field Training Officer. He teaches juvenile law in the Police Academy and Juvenile subcultures and issues through the local Community college. He is certified as a Substitute School Teacher in the North Carolina Education System. Lunsford has been recognized in the Congressional Record for his work with the Navy's Youth Sea Cadet Program in Asheville, awarded the Order of the Long Leaf Pine by the Governor of North Carolina, and given a Commission as a Kentucky Colonial by the Governor of Kentucky for his work. Served as a member of the police department’s Hostage Negation Team and a Critical Incident Response team member. Lunsford has testified in other jurisdictions and states on the information he has obtained and observed in his work. Lunsford and his wife, retired Officer Robin Lunsford, have contributed photos and images that have been included and published in Henry Lee's Crime Scene Handbook, a forensics textbook, by Dr. Henry Lee and Dr. Marilyn Miller. Unable to stay retired long, Lunsford continues to work as a School Resource Officer for the Madison Co. N.C. Sheriff's Office, working in Elementary Schools to give back to the schools and community he grew up in. Lunsford has worked directly with young people as well as adults and educators as a Law Enforcement Officer Lunsford resides on a mountaintop with his wonderful wife Robin, a slightly insane cat, Bambi the Dachshund, and his biggest fan and critic, Liberty the Boston Terrier. scottlunsfordauthor.com