KDVR – It appears that the program of intervention and prevention of violence for students makes a difference in Colorado schools.
The program, called Safe2tell, allows students to report unknown threats in their favor and the safety of others, according to the Colorado Prosecutor’s Office, who revealed in a report issued on Tuesday that a total of 3117 reports had been submitted in April 2025.
“Colorado students ascend to each other,” Public Prosecutor Phil Pfizer said in a statement. “They speak when they see something worrying, and they do so with a goal and responsibility. Every report gives schools and families an opportunity to intervene before someone is hurt.”
The Public Prosecutor’s Office said that the amount of April reports is an increase of 12.8 % compared to the March march, with the most frequent interests that involve school safety, bullying, mental health, use of materials, ill -treatment and exploitation.
SAFE2Tell examples
The Public Prosecutor’s Office has set several examples on how to use Safe2tell to keep students safe last month, including intervention against an individual who made “disturbing comments” about drug use to treat peers.
In another case, the Public Prosecutor’s Office said that a report on a student was submitted to publish videos on themselves drinking and penetrated at school. The student has been placed since then in the safety plan, after the investigation by school officials.
The program says who watch each other
Safe2tell says the program is on the right path to receive more than 30,000 reports by the end of the academic year 2024-2025.
“Our students are watching their friends and classmates and schools,” said Stacy Jenkins, the director of Safe2tell, in a statement.
False reports, at the same time, still represent only a “small share” of reports, according to the Prosecutor’s Office, who said only 2.2 % may be determined to be incorrect until now in the school year.
The Public Prosecutor’s Office indicated that Safe2tell is not a response to emergency situations nor a mental health consulting service provider, but rather a way for students to distribute unknown reports on local law enforcement and school officials, as required by law.
Colorado students who want to submit an anonymous report through Safe2tell can do this at any time by visiting the program’s website, using its mobile phone application, or S2TCO text messages to 738477 or connecting 1-877-542-7233.