Media Release

Friday, November 06, 2009
For Immediate Release
Communications

Contact: Diana Paul
Telephone: 229-6501

Las Vegas Municipal Judge Cedric Kerns To Be Honored By The Foundation for Recovery Tomorrow
Judge To Be Recognized For Being Outstanding Community Partner

Las Vegas Municipal Judge Cedric Kerns will be recognized by the Foundation for Recovery during its gala benefit tomorrow, Nov. 7, at 7 p.m. at the Canyon Gate Country Club located at 8700 W. Sahara Ave.

Kerns will receive the 2009 Community Partner Award. This award is presented to the outstanding individual who is supportive of addiction recovery and serves the greater good of our community. Judge Kerns was selected to receive this award by the foundation’s Awards Committee because of his commitment to supporting 12-step fellowships throughout the valley and for his ongoing support of the Foundation for Recovery. The committee commented that Kerns is a wonderful community partner on so many levels and is recognized, in particular, for his work in HOPE Court. He has seen an innumerable amount of habitual repeat offenders and recognizes the correlation between drug use/abuse and criminal behavior. 

"I am honored to receive the award," Kerns said. "This award is for the entire HOPE Court team, and they all deserve this recognition."

The mission of the HOPE (Habitual Offender Prevention and Education) Court program, which the city began in 2005, is to assist habitual offenders by providing alternatives to incarceration that will maximize program involvement and ultimately lead to long-term sobriety and self sufficiency. The program focuses on habitual offenders with issues related to homelessness, misdemeanor criminal activity and substance abuse addictions. Las Vegas Municipal Court’s team includes members of that court’s Alternative Sentencing and Education Division, community substance abuse treatment providers, the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department, transitional living centers and the city of Las Vegas Department of Neighborhood Services Educational and Vocational Opportunities Leading to Valuable Experience (EVOLVE) program.

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