Veterans' court treatment program receives support

Veterans' court treatment program receives support from Pa. Supreme Court Justice
Published: Friday, May 20, 2011


By CARL HESSLER Jr.
Journal Register News Service

COURTHOUSE – Montgomery County’s fledgling veterans’ treatment court program has garnered support and glowing reviews from a Pennsylvania Supreme Court Justice.

“The Supreme Court is 110 percent behind these courts. It’s our way of giving back to our veterans. Montgomery County has taken a lead role in this,” Supreme Court Justice Seamus P. McCaffery said at a news conference at the county courthouse on Friday.

McCaffery, a U.S. Marine Corps veteran who also worked as a Philadelphia police officer and municipal court judge before becoming a state justice, explained Montgomery County is home to the third-largest veterans’ community in the state.

“Many, many of our troops and reservists…they are rotating in and out from service overseas four, five and six times. These young men and women are coming home on a Friday and basically being required to go back to their civilian jobs on Monday not having the opportunity to really seek treatment where needed to help them with some of the horrors that they’ve been exposed to in war and that’s why we’re seeing a growing number of veterans in our court system,” said McCaffery, whose military career spanned 40 years.
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Veterans' court treatment program receives support