Law Enforcement
Local law enforcement are vital collaborators in responding to reports, and below are some best practices for law enforcement members responding to these reports.
Local Partnership
Safe2Tell partners with local law enforcement agencies, school resource officers, and emergency responders to respond to critical, life-saving reports.
Safe2Tell relays information from the person making the report to local multidisciplinary teams.
The Summit County Sheriff’s Office believes that Safe2Tell [is] an invaluable asset for students, staff, and law enforcement to work together to address a gambit of issues within our community such as bullying, suicide, sexting, planned attacks, and domestic abuse/assault. Being that Safe2Tell allows [for] reporting of mental health related issues, [our] co-responder SMART team [can] provide rapid mental health support to students in need. Safe2Tell is an exceptionally efficient way for a community to work together to respond to and prevent issues surrounding our kids and our schools.
Helpful Guidelines for Handling Safe2Tell Reports
Each Safe2Tell report requires a response, and the responding parties must maintain the anonymity of the person making the report who is protected by Colorado State Law (C.R.S. Section 24-31-601 et seq.). Click the link below for suggestions to aid in successfully responding to, and reporting back on, Safe2Tell reports.
Who Should Receive Reports?
Your organization determines what the practice or procedure will be for routinely handling Safe2Tell reports. Below are examples of individuals law enforcement agencies might select to receive reports electronically and via text:
- School Resource Officer
- Sergeant
- Commander, Chief, and/or Sheriff
- Communications Center Supervisor
- Communications Center Staff
Update Your Report Recipients
If you need to update your Safe2Tell report recipient contacts, please use our recipient updates form.
What Is the Appropriate Action?
Although content and circumstances vary for each report, the goal is prevention. Safe2Tell recommends not leading conversations with Safe2Tell as the source of information as that can move the conversation away from resolving the concern and instead towards wanting to see the report. Sharing report contents (including forwarding or copying information in the report) is not permitted (C.R.S. Section 24-31-607) in order to maintain anonymity of the person making the report. If you need to assign someone else who did not receive the report initially, please contact 877-542-7233 and request the re-assignment.
Remember that information from Safe2Tell reports cannot be copied outside of the Safe2Tell report management software (C.R.S. Section 24-31-607). However, the report ID number can be used.
2024–2025 School Year Report Outcomes
For more information about report outcomes, visit our Data page.
High Functioning Safe2Tell Teams
Safe2Tell has compiled a resource guide encompassing best practices from local multidisciplinary teams. The suggestions focus on improving Safe2Tell culture through strengthening the paradigms of school and law enforcement administration, technical operations of the report management software, and messaging to students.
SRO Resources
If you are a School Resource Officer looking for Safe2Tell resources, you may find training and promotional materials in the schools section.