East Point Council Member Sharon Shropshire has been appointed to the National League of Cities 2016 Public Safety & Crime Prevention committee. This committee has the lead responsibility for developing NLC 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 Melodee Colbert-Kean.

As a member of the committee, Shropshire 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 Administration and at home.

The NLC is dedicated to helping city leaders build better communities, and is a resource and advocate for 19,000 cities, towns and villages, representing more than 218 million Americans.