"A Life of Crime" Program

"A Life of Crime" is a special educational program designed to reach out to teenagers aged 12-17 and their parents. The program is conducted in the courtroom of the North Las Vegas Municipal Court. "A Life of Crime" is a two-part program, lasting approximately 2½ hours in total.

All attendees must be appropriately dressed...there will be no spaghetti straps, low-cut shirts, nor obscene/vulgar. Tee-shirt or clothing allowed. All attendees, including parents, will be turned away at the door by the Marshals if they are not appropriately dressed.

Part One

A lecture about street crime will be given by the Special Operations Unit (S.W.A.T.) of the North Las Vegas Police Department. The lecture will be open to questions and answers.

Part Two

Inmates from the North Las Vegas Detention Center , who have been involved in criminal activity their entire lives, tell the stories of their lives of crime and what it has done to their families, friends, and themselves. This part of the program will also have a question and answer session.

This program is free of charge. It is held once a month on a Wednesday evening, from 6:30pm to 9:00pm. The program is limited to 176 attendees, and space may be reserved by appointment only. For the date of the next program, and to make a reservation, please call the North Las Vegas Municipal Court at (702) 633-1130, option 3. Please give your name, the total number of persons attending, and a phone number. Reservations will be assigned on a first come, first served basis. This is an ongoing program, so feel free to make a reservation for the next session if the current session has already been filled.

"A Life of Crime" is a collaborative effort between Judge Warren VanLandschoot (North Las Vegas Municipal Court), Judge Stephen Dahl (North Las Vegas Justice Court), the North Las Vegas Police Department & Detention Center, and the U.S. Marshals Office. They and their agencies believe this program is vitally important to parents and teenagers, whether they have experienced criminal problems or not.

The Court cannot respond to e-mail requests for information on pending cases. To obtain such information, please visit the Customer Service Division in person, contact the Customer information desk (702-633-1131), or consult the Municipal Court Phone Directory.