WASHINGTON, D.C. – National Association of Counties (NACo) President Valerie Brown has appointed Lancaster County, Pa. Commissioner Scott Martin to the Justice and Public Safety Steering Committee for 2009-10.
The committee is responsible for developing NACo policy regarding federal legislation and policy pertaining to criminal justice and public safety systems, including criminal justice planning; law enforcement; courts; corrections; homeland security; community crime prevention; juvenile justice and delinquency prevention; emergency management; fire prevention and control; and civil disturbances.
“On behalf of the nation’s counties, I am pleased that Commissioner Martin will serve on NACo’s Justice and Public Safety Committee to help shape national policies affecting local government,” said Brown, supervisor, Sonoma County, Calif.
“I am honored to serve in this position,” said Commissioner Martin. “I value this opportunity to share perspective on national policies affecting Justice and Public Safety in Lancaster County and those across the United States and to offer ways we can be more efficient and effective in the delivery of those services.”
Commissioner Martin is the Chairman of the Lancaster County Prison Board, Chairman of the County Commissioners of Pennsylvania’s (CCAP) County Criminal Justice System Best Practices For the 21st Century Committee, is an appointed member to the Joint State Government Commission’s Indigent Criminal Defendants Advisory Committee, and is a member of CCAP’s Human Services Committee and an ex officio member of CCAP’s Board of Directors. Commissioner Martin also played an intricate role in implementing Lancaster County’s first Crime Summit in 2008, which brought together stakeholders from throughout Lancaster County to examine ways to more effectively and efficiently address crime, and in the formation of the Lancaster County Crime Prevention Task Force.
NACo’s steering committees annually review and make recommendations to the NACo Board of Directors on public policy issues and federal legislation. The policy development process initiated by the steering committees leads to the publication of the American County Platform, which NACo uses as a guide to deliver the county government message to the administration, Congress and the American public.
