By Kay Recede
San Joaquin County is trying a new approach for veterans who have committed minor crimes. February will mark the first time Veteran’s Treatment Court will take place in the area.
Veteran’s Treatment Court will be a collaborative effort that fuses justice and treatment together.
“This is San Joaquin County’s first ever veteran’s treatment court. It is a hybrid court of the mental health court, DUI court, and homeless court,” Virginia Wimmer, Deputy Director Veterans Services of San Joaquin County told FOX40 Friday.
San Joaquin County Veterans Services and other area leaders have been pushing for a special kind of trial for veterans for the past five years.
“To just get them back to the straight and narrow and to help assist them in whatever benefits they may need,” she said.
Wimmer added the court will be tried just like any other starting in February only difference will be the punishment. The judge will give the defendant specific goals and assign them to a mentor for a year-long treatment.
“It’s mostly about rehabilitation. It is about connecting those veterans to the benefits that they deserve,” Wimmer said.
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