Ray appointed to NLC Public Safety and Crime Prevention Committee 2017

Ray Martinez Appointed to the National League of Cities
Public Safety and Crime Prevention Committee

Fort Collins Councilmember Ray Martinez has been appointed to the National League of Cities (NLC) 2017 Public Safety and Crime Prevention (PSCP) federal advocacy committee. This committee has the lead responsibility for developing NLC’s federal policy positions on issues involving crime prevention, corrections, substance abuse, municipal fire policy, juvenile justice, disaster preparedness and relief, homeland security, domestic terrorism, court systems and gun control. The appointment was announced by NLC President Matt Zone, councilmember, Cleveland.

“It is an honor to be appointed to this important committee,” Martinez said. “I have dedicated much of my life to public safety and crime prevention, and in the capacity of this new role I will be able to continue that on behalf of Fort Collins.”

As a member of the committee, Councilmember Martinez will play a key role in shaping NLC’s policy positions and advocate on behalf of America’s cities and towns before Congress, with the new administration and at home.

The leadership of this year’s committee will consist of Chair Joel Price, mayor, Thousand Oaks, California, and Vice Chairs Cleophus King, council president, Bessemer, Alabama, and Krisin Szakos, councilmember, Charlottesville, Virginia.

For more information on NLC’s other committees and councils, visit http://www.nlc.org/influence-federal-poli…/policy-committees.