Youth Excellence & Achievement

Through REAL Law Experiences

How you can help reverse the recent increase

of risk-taking by young Nevadans
 Youth Excellence & Achievement
Through REAL Law Experiences

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WHAT THIS
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pages contain
contain aa guide
guide that
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we designed
designed to
to shape
shape conversations
conversations between
between adults
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and
students
students in
in Grades
Grades 5-12
5-12 throughout
throughout Nevada. These REALReady
Nevada. These REALReady talkstalks help
help young
young people
people develop
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or school can actually lead to being arrested, charged as an adult, or sent to jail or prison.
prison.

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takes is sitting down and using the next few pages to shape the discussion.

WHAT
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advice. It
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conversations
conversations that
that empower
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young Nevadans
Nevadans to to make
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more informed
informed decisions.
decisions.

WHO
WHO THIS
THIS IS
IS FOR
FOR
Parents,
Parents, guardians,
guardians, coaches,
coaches, and
and teachers
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people about
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WHY
WHY THIS
THIS IS
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NEEDED
In
In Nevada,
Nevada, schools
schools are
are not
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required to
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teach students
students the
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differences between
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and choices
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records, and
and avoidable
avoidable interactions
interactions with
with law
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enforcement. Despite
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students
are held accountable to the laws they aren’t being taught without our intervention.
are held accountable to the laws they aren’t being taught without our intervention.
REALReady
REALReady conversations
conversations address
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issue head-on
head-on with
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THE
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REALReady won’t solve all issues young people face, but it WILL make a difference.
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guide, please let us know by completing a brief 1 minute survey we’ve created to track participation.
The survey, our other free resources, and the additional REALReady stories can all be found here:
The survey, our other free resources, and the additional REALReady stories can all be found here:

http://ProjectREALNV.org/REALReady
http://ProjectREALNV.org/REALReady
GETTING
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STEP
STEP 1: Opening Talking Points
STEP 1:
1: Opening
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with police,
police, ignorance
ignorance of
of the
the law
law is
is not
not an
an accepted
accepted defense
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for breaking
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means and
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if a
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punished the
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those actions.
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as regular
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Point
Point 3
3
Point
Many
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Many cases
cases where laws
laws are unintentionally broken
are unintentionally broken lead
lead to
to police
police and
and courts
courts getting
getting involved.
involved.
Many
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cases where
common where
for laws are unintentionally
are
lawspeople
unintentionally broken
broken lead
lead to police
to after and
and courts
courts getting
policeunknowingly getting involved.
involved.
It’s
It’s common for young
young people to
to face
face legal
legal consequences
consequences after unknowingly breaking
breaking laws.
laws.
It’s common
common for
for young
young people
people to
to face
face legal
legal consequences
consequences after
after unknowingly
unknowingly breaking
breaking laws.
laws.
Point
Point 4
4
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that someone
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that can be
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punished for
can be for doing
doing something
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that they didn’t
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expensive fines or
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the law
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the punishments
punishments can
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Point 6
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and
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and hopefully
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age
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these days
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ton of
of
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and
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with friends
around.
around. friends when
when you
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have aa ton
ton of
of
free time
free time on
on your
your hands
hands and
and there
there aren’t
aren’t any
any adults
adults around.
around.
STEP 2: Giving Realistic Examples

Let’s go over some REAL ways young people

get in trouble with the law, without realizing
those are the types of risks they’re taking.
Fighting
In TV shows and movies when teens are shown fighting, it usually ends with the fight getting broken up,
parents getting called, and occasionally the student in the story may get suspended from school for a few days.

Unfortunately that’s not the full picture of what can happen when young people fight. It doesn’t matter if a fight
takes place in school, after school, during summer break, or at someone’s house. When two people fight, they
can end up facing a number of serious criminal charges like assault, battery, or provoking a fight.

Those situations can - and do - lead to some people your age facing serious consequences like jail time and
huge fines. Some judges may give a young person a lighter punishment, but there’s really no guarantee that
will happen. Not only are warnings not guaranteed, but depending on how violent the situation was a warning
or a similar light punishment might be out of the question entirely. Many young people end up in court for
fighting. When they get to court and say things like “I’ve seen kids fight on TV shows and they never end up
getting in trouble with the law!”, they soon discover that even though they didn’t know they were committing a
crime, they’re still going to have to face the penalties.

Dares That Get Out Of Control

One of the scariest things for everyone - not just young people - is how one small moment can ruin a life if
you’re not being careful. For adults that can be something as small as checking a text while they’re driving.
If that leads to an accident and a death or serious injury occurs, the driver can be imprisoned.

What about people your age though? One example is a famous case from just a few years ago when some
teens dared each other to throw rocks into traffic, then watched cars swerve to avoid them. It seemed like a
dumb prank when they decided to do it, but caused an accident that led to a man dying. Those teens were
charged as adults with crimes including murder, and one of them may end up spending 20 years in prison.

No one needs to die for teens to end up facing adult charges either. The Knock Out Game is an example of
that. This so-called game makes its way around the internet every now and then, challenging people dare to
run up to a random stranger, punch them, and then run away to avoid getting caught.

This kind of assault has resulted in death on more than one occasion. Even when the victims aren’t seriously
injured, it’s still a terrifying experience. That’s why law enforcement treats these ‘pranks’ as serious crimes,
and prosecutors (government lawyers) have charged minors that were caught doing it as adults.
Property Destruction

Sharpies & Spray-paint

Graffiti, tagging, and unauthorized murals are all the same thing under the law: crimes.
It doesn’t matter if you’re using a sharpie to write your initials on a bathroom wall or painting a giant
reproduction of the Mona Lisa on the side of an abandoned building. Property destruction and
trespassing are just two of the possible charges you could face if you’re found to be responsible.

Stickers
What about a group of students that start a band? Imagine they start putting stickers with their band’s
name all over town. It’s just innocent fun. It’s not like spray paint or anything since the stickers can come
off, so that’s not a big deal, right? Wrong! In some cities and towns, the kids could still be charged with
graffiti because a scraping tool and some kind of cleaner would be needed to remove the stickers.

Toilet Paper
Some films have scenes where kids do an old prank: they go to a house and throw rolls of toilet paper,
covering the entire property. It sounds like harmless fun that would just take a few minutes to clean up,
but if the paper gets wet it can get stuck to the surfaces it’s on. That would cause a massive mess that
can cost thousands of dollars to clean (because of the time it would take to clean it all up).
A little bit of water is all it would take for a simple prank to become a serious crime.

#DeviousLicks
In the fall of 2021, the #DeviousLicks challenge made its way across TikTok. The challenge was for
young people to take stuff that they didn’t need just to see what they could get away with and who could
take the most outlandish thing. What started with kids posting about how they took all the soap from
dispensers in the bathroom and pencil sharpeners off of walls quickly escalated. Entire toilets, sinks,
and whiteboards were ripped off walls. It didn’t matter that the students stole these things without any
intention of keeping what they took. Even when the items were left out in public to be found after they
were removed, that removal caused serious property damage and many of the students that were
caught ended up facing serious criminal charges because of their pranks.

Scope & Consequences

How property destruction is punished will be determined by the size and scope of what was done.
Writing your initials on a single mirror with a sharpie might cause a few hundred dollars worth of
damage. That could lead to trespassing, property destruction, and other charges. Worse though is if
your initials are found in 100 places. Each location they’re found in could be charged as its own criminal
event. That kind of ‘crime spree’ could lead to massive punishments. The costs of property destruction
add up quickly - that’s how so many teens ended up in court over #DeviousLicks!
 Shock Value Humor and Hate Crimes
Shock Value Humor and Hate Crimes
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Threats and Jokes About Violence

Threats and Jokes About Violence
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 Mailbox Destruction
Mailbox Destruction
Mailbox Destruction
Mailbox Destruction
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Fireworks
Fireworks
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Urban Exploring
Exploring abandoned places seems like innocent fun - no one cares about the location, they
usually have kind of a spooky vibe, and you’re not really bothering anyone. That may be how
things seem, but if you’re not supposed to be there and get caught, you can still face
trespassing charges even if the location isn’t ‘lived in’, but that’s not the only legal risk you’d be
putting yourself in!

If the place you’re exploring has graffiti or other damage, you could also end up being accused
of being responsible for some or all of that property destruction. Depending on the damage at
the site you’re exploring, you could end up facing serious consequences over what was meant
to be just a little bit of innocent urban exploring.

The Overnight Challenge

The overnight challenge is possibly one of the easiest ways to get in trouble with the law, but
it’s also easy to understand how young people might not understand the crimes they’re
committing. In this challenge, people hide out in a business after it closes so that they get
locked in. Then they spend their time exploring the property and goofing off, until it is time to
leave without being noticed when the business opens the next day. People have done this in
kid-zone playgrounds, waterparks, trampoline parks, and stores like Target and Sam’s Clubs.
The people that do these challenges are careful not to steal anything, and since no one is
getting hurt and nothing is getting taken, some of them even feel comfortable posting videos of
their adventures online.
The companies that find out usually end up reporting these incidents to the police though,
because it was still trespassing and they want to discourage other people from trying it.
Getting caught can also lead to criminal charges designed to punish public nuisances.

Wrong Place, Wrong Time, Wrong Crowd

Sometimes it’s just being around a large group of young people that can lead to trouble.

One example is what took place in on January 9, 2021 when nearly 200 middle school and
high school students met up at The Meadows Mall in Las Vegas, Nevada. A member of the
mall’s security team noticed the large group was just hanging out without spending any money.
The guard decided to tell the students to leave, but many refused. That already meant they
were trespassing, but soon things got a lot worse.

Eventually fights begin to break out among the teens and general chaos ensued throughout
the mall. Even though there were over 150 teens involved, nearly all of them were caught and
charged. Many faced charges of assault, battery, and other crimes related to mob violence.

It doesn’t take a mob at a mall to get in trouble for these kinds of incidents though. If you’re at a
house party that gets broken up and get caught while the police are trying to speak with you,
you could face very serious charges including evading a police officer!
Step
Step 3:
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STEP 4:
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Think Within the Law

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Pause Before You Prank
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