Crime & Safety
Young, Non-Violent First Offenders Taking Advantage Of Second Chance Opportunity From Dallas Police
"I was just like, 'How did it get to this?' If I would have just been doing what I was supposed to, it wouldn't have happened," he said.
June 2, 2021
On Tuesday, June 1, 17-year-old Fabian Nickles was hard at work at his landscaping job, but four months ago, he landed behind bars for drug possession – and decided to turn his life around.
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“I was just like, ‘How did it get to this?’ If I would have just been doing what I was supposed to, it wouldn’t have happened,” he said.
He credits his progress since then to the Dallas Police Department’s First Offender Program.
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