WASHINGTON COUNTY IS IMPLEMENTING A COURT DESIGNED SPECIFICALLY FOR DOMECTIC VIOLENCE HEARINGS. THE COURT WILL FOCUS ON ISSUES RELATED TO DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AS A MEANS TO BETTER DEAL WITH THIS PROBLEM FACING THE COUNTY, AND TO REDUCE THE NUMBER OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE INCIDENTS. JUSTICE COURT JUDGES, LAVERNE CARTER, LAVERNE SIMPSON, AND CEDRIC BUSH RECENTLY MET WITH OFFICIALS IN FLORIDA, DISCUSSING IDEAS FOR OPERATING A DOMESTIC VIOLENCE COURT IN WASHINGTON COUNTY. "WE HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO GO AND GET A CHANCE TO SIT AT THE ROUND TABLE WITH SOME OF THE MOST POWERFUL DIGNITARIES ACROSS THIS NATION AND HEAR AND SIT ON THESE PARTICULAR COURTS, AND FROM A MAN'S PERSPECTIVE, WE AS MEN ARE SUPPOSED TO BE PROTECTORS OF OUR SOCIETY, SO I GOT A CHANCE TO GET THERE AND SEE IT." JUDGE BUSH SAYS MALES ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR EIGHTY PERCENT OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE REPORTED IN WASHINGTON COUNTY.