Young drug dealers offered driving lessons and fitness classes by Bristol police
The IndependentGet the free Morning Headlines email for news from our reporters across the world Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Young drug dealers are being offered driving lessons, fitness classes and job opportunities instead of prosecution in a bid to give them a “second chance”. Police in Bristol are the first in Britain to trial the “Call-In Scheme”, which gives first-time offenders aged 16 to 21 the chance to avoid the courts and “break the cycle” of reoffending. Detective Superintendent Gary Haskins, of Avon and Somerset Police, told the BBC that the force wanted to “take a chance” as most of those involved have only dabbled in dealing.
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