(Bozeman – KPAX) Bozeman Municipal Court is celebrating the start of BRIDGERS Court — a DUI treatment program meant to address substance abuse disorders and reduce DUIs in Gallatin County.
Judge Colleen Herrington of the Bozeman Municipal Court is the judge overseeing BRIDGERS Court.
The program has a therapeutic design, a model used by treatment courts across the nation to break cycles of addiction and repeat involvement with the justice system.
National research says graduates of treatment court are nineteen times less likely to re-offend, confirming the evidence-based practices used in its design.
