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Members of the Veterans Advisory Council said were happy to begin looking for people to help. The special court would need mentors, treatment providers and coordinators. Schaffer said he would like to preside over veterans court dockets, alternating between the courthouses in Washington and Frederick counties. services there," Oetting said in the statement. "If a veterans' treatment court is established, we would certainly want to be a part of the planning process and anticipate entering an agreement to provide. A veterans court could be a good option for many of them. Washington County State's Attorney Gina Cirincion wrote in an email that she also supported a veterans treatment court in District 11.Īngela Oetting, District 11's District Public Defender, said in a statement that veteran defendants should have other options from incarceration. He said his office will write a letter of support for the application. If all goes smoothly, a veterans court could be up and running in District 11 by the late fall of 2023.įrederick County State's Attorney Charlie Smith said he appreciated Schaffer taking the time to collect data to see if there would be enough veterans for a special court. Once Schaffer has the funding and the letters of commitment, he can officially put in an application to be approved by the Chief Justice of Maryland, he said. Prince George's County veterans court is the only one in circuit court, and handles case involving veterans who commit felonies due to substance abuse and mental illness.Īfter securing funding from the Maryland Judiciary, the next step will be letters of commitment from the parties that would be involved in a special court - the Frederick County State's Attorney's Office, the Washington County State's Attorney's Office, and the Maryland Office of the Public Defender. The fourth is a regional veterans court in Dorchester County's District Court, which serves Dorchester, Wicomico, Somerset and Worcester counties. There is one each in Baltimore City District Court, Anne Arundel District Court and Prince George's County Circuit Court.
There are four veterans courts in Maryland. For that reason, he said, it would make sense to have the veterans court in District Court, where most veterans courts, are since the crimes are usually nonviolent misdemeanors. Of the 52 veterans, Schaffer said, 88% of had misdemeanor cases. Census data shows that veterans made up 7% of the population in the United States in 2018. Those percentages line up with statistics on veterans in the population, he said. There was a total of 52 veterans in the two counties, he said. In Frederick County, 7% of the people taken to central booking identified as veterans.
Schaffer said he tracked all people who were arrested and taken to central booking during a three-month period to see how many veterans were processed in District 11 and for what crimes. "I'm cautiously optimistic, but any time you deal with the government budget, they can just say no," he told the Veterans Advisory Council.
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