National Narcotic Officers’ Associations’ Coalition
Ernest Martinez, Director-at-Large
My name is Ernest Martinez, and I serve as director-at-large of the National Narcotic Officers’ Associations’ Coalition (NNOAC). I have served for 17 years as an undercover narcotics detective and detective-sergeant, serving from Street-Level Enforcement Teams (including the Denver-Aurora Crack Task Force) to the Elite Major Peddler Unit.
I am writing to submit testimony to the Committee on the SAFE Banking Act of 2019. Section I (b) of the SAFE Banking Act states, “The purpose of the act is to increase public safety by ensuring access to financial services to cannabis-related …