Police Cases of the Weird w/R. Scott Lunsford

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Scott Lunsford is a retired Asheville Police Sergeant with more than 33 years of public service working as a Detective then supervisor in the youth services and sexual assault unit. He also served as a uniformed supervisor in the department’s School Resource Officers Unit, was a patrol forensic tech, patrol officer, and West District patrol supervisor.

Lunsford is State Certified as 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 Law Enforcement work.

He served as a member of the police department’s Hostage Negation Team and a Critical Incident Response team member. Ret. Sergeant 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 works as a School Resource Officer for the Madison Co. N.C. Sheriff's Office, working in Madison Co. 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 has published articles and photographs in the Brotherhood of Martial Artist Magazine, The Urban News and the News-Record newspapers. Previous writings include: “Juvenile Subcultures and Issues”; a children’s picture storybook; “The Girls from G.I.F.T. (Girls Investigating Fantastic Things),” a juvenile mystery series; Cop and Coin, an Asheville Police Mystery Series; and There's Plenty of Good Air and Sunshine, a compiled narrative on his grandmother and others in the Asheville Community during the Great Depression, originally documented by Lynn Stevens, a WPA writer.

Living near Asheville, North Carolina, he resides on a hilltop with his wonderful wife Robin, a slightly insane cat, Bambi the Dachshund, and his biggest fan and critic, Liberty the Boston Terrier.

On this episode of Beyond Reason, Justin brings on Scott to talk about his work in the police department. They talk about his encounters with weird cases, his fiction books, and their inspiration, and so much more. Join us, you with open minds, and listen to an amazing episode!

 
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