Safety and Prevention

Safety and Prevention Resources

Safe 2 Tell  :

“Safe2Tell Colorado strives to intervene in the life a young person who is struggling, helping them at the earliest possible point before the situation turns into a tragedy. Safe2Tell Colorado serves as the statewide bystander-reporting tool for concerning behaviors. The Safe2Tell solution was developed specifically to encourage those with information about a possible event to report it.

Since 2004, Safe2Tell Colorado has received reports and aided in preventing hundreds of separate school attacks, helped prevent thousands of youth suicides, and intervened in countless threatening and dangerous situations.

Safe2Tell Anonymous Reporting:  The goal fo Safe2Tell is to receive information about a person who is struggling and get that information to a team at the local level who can help and intervene. The Safe2Tell reporting resource was developed specifically to encourage those with information about a possible event to report it. As anonymity has been shown to create effective reporting, the identity of each reporter is not known and no identifying information is collected or distributed. There is no caller ID, IP tracing, nor GPS locating.

Key Components:

• State law ((C.R.S. Section 24-31-601 et seq.) guarantees the anonymity of every caller.
• Anonymity is guaranteed by law; there is no caller id and callers’ names are not asked.
• Reports can be made to Safe2Tell Colorado by calling 1-877-542-SAFE (7233).
• Reports can be submitted through the Safe2Tell Colorado’s website by clicking Submit a Tip.
• Tips may be submitted using a smartphone through the Safe2Tell Colorado mobile app
• Calls to Safe2Tell Colorado are answered 24 hours a day, seven days a week by trained Colorado State Patrol Dispatchers.
• Every tip submitted to Safe2Tell Colorado is thoroughly investigated once given to the appropriate school and/or law enforcement agency.
• Safe2Tell Colorado serves as a conduit for the information received, sending it directly to the school and/or law enforcement for local investigation and/or intervention.
  ” (all info from the Safe2Tell website)
  

National Suicide Prevention Lifeline

“The National Suicide Prevention Lifeline provides free and confidential emotional support to people in suicidal crisis or emotional distress 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, across the United States. The Lifeline is comprised of a national network of over 150 local crisis centers, combining custom local care and resources with national standards and best practices.  1-800-273-8255