Ingham County law enforcement officials have done their best by a veteran suffering the psychological after-effects of combat duty. That's an accomplishment that should give them and the entire community a sense of pride.
Brad Eifert, the Army veteran in question, was sentenced last week by Judge David Jordon to 24 months probation and ordered to participate in a treatment program for post traumatic stress disorder.
PTSD is a growing problem among returning veterans. Ingham County is fortunate to be in the first wave of communities to adopt a special veterans' court that works to assist veterans who may have psychological scars from their time in service.
Eifert, many will recall, was involved in a standoff with Meridian Township police officers last August. He had sent his family away from home and took firearms into the surrounding woods. Officers arrived on the scene and it became a tense nighttime standoff.
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