DALLAS (AP) — The police chief in Dallas has announced a youth jobs program meant to give children something to do during high-crime summer months and better connect officers to underserved areas.
Chief U. Renee Hall said the DPD to You(th) initiative will focus on students from schools with higher rates of crime and arrests, The Dallas Morning News reported.
Hall noted that she was raised in "a very unsupported" area of Detroit, Michigan, but never felt restricted. She attributed it to being able to depend on her mother, police officers and other mentors that kept her focused on her potential.
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