- The document discusses the Safe2Tell program in Colorado, which allows students, parents, and teachers to anonymously report threats or safety concerns to the Colorado State Patrol. It was established after the Columbine shooting in 1999 to help prevent school violence. - Safe2Tell has helped prevent over 28 planned school attacks based on anonymous reports. It also aims to reduce bullying, threats, suicide risks, and other dangerous behaviors through anonymous tip reporting and follow-up investigations. - Research shows that Safe2Tell and other safe school programs are associated with lower dropout rates, higher test scores, and greater academic gains over time compared to schools without such programs. Anonymous reporting helps create a safer climate for learning.

1. “ Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter.” - Martin Luther King, Jr.

3. Why We Are Making it Safe2Tell … April 20, 1999 14 Dead 23 Wounded

4. Secret Service Safe School Initiative Threat Assessment Study: In 81% of violent incidents in U.S. schools, someone other than the attacker knew it was going to happen but failed to report it. “ As part of its protective responsibilities, the United States Secret Service has long held the view that the best protective strategy is prevention.” – www.secretservice.gov

6. How We Are Making it Safe2Tell Information Sharing is Required by CO State Law Accountability & Follow-Up Prevention Early Intervention Awareness Education & Training Schools Parents Law Community

8. Cyber Bullying Escalates ….. Girls Record Brutal Attack On Teen To Allegedly Post On “YouTube” Once you send something out on the internet, you can never get it back

10. Success Story: A forty-one year old sex offender is arrested when an anonymous report reveals he is posing as a 14 year old girl on the internet and arranging to meet young girls through poetry writing web-sites and on-line chats “ Silence doesn’t save lives … breaking the code of silence just might.”

13. Success Story: A concerned caller reports that her friend is absent from school after making threats to take her own life in text messages. Shortly afterward the 15 year old student receives life-saving medical attention after being found over-dosed in her bedroom. “ It is wonderful to know that Safe2Tell really works.” - School Principal

14. Safe2Tell Statistic : 97 Suicides Prevented “ It is only the betrayal of a friend NOT to tell when someone needs help”

16. Tragedy in Bailey, Colorado Emily Keyes 1990-2006 Platte Canyon High School September 27, 2006

17. April 16th, 2007 Blacksburg, VA 32 Lives Lost 25 Wounded

20. Success Story: A planned school attack is prevented, weapons recovered and an arrest made when an anonymous report reveals threats made on MySpace.com Safe2Tell reports have resulted in 28 prevented planned school attacks

23. Please Contact For More Information [email_address] www.safe2tell.org 719.520.7435