Scott Dunn has been an Associate Faculty member with SRJC since 1988 and teaches within multiple public safety disciplines at the Santa Rosa Junior College Public Safety Training Center. He began working within the public safety field in 1976 as a volunteer on a Search & Rescue Squad. In 1977 he became an EMT I (still currently maintained) and began teaching for the American Red Cross on a volunteer basis. He continued on as a Firefighter in Shasta County, then as a Park Ranger. He has been employed by Sonoma County Sheriff's Office since 1985 and as a deputy sheriff assigned to a variety of assignments including Patrol, Marine Enforcement Unit, Helicopter/SAR Unit (Tactical Flight Officer/EMT/Rescue Technician) and Investigations (CSI), where he developed expertise in a variety of forensic areas. He also worked for a period of time as a Patrol Sergeant and then as the Sergeant working and supervising the CSI Unit for a number of years before promoting to the rank of Lieutenant/Watch Commander. He worked as a Patrol Watch Commander and also managed the Helicopter/Search & Rescue Unit, Marine Unit and a variety of other collateral assignments. Though retired at the rank of a Lieutenant, Scott remains employed at the department in a part-time deputy sheriff status where he has worked a variety of assignments as a Background Investigator, Bailiff/Court Security Deputy, and Administrative Projects. In addition, he is also currently working in a part-time capacity for another local law enforcement agency providing technical assistance with forensics, latent print processing/examinations, scene investigation, and training of agency personnel. Scott has a BS Degree from CSU Sacramento in Resource Management as well as his fulltime teaching credential through UC Berkeley extension coursework. Scott is an avid outdoor recreationist and experienced in delayed in-field patient care and wilderness and urban medicine. His instruction style includes an emphasis on a hands-on learning approach and realistic scenario based problem solving.