safe2tell
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Appeals court overturns juvenile’s conviction based on Safe2Tell tip
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Colorado’s second-highest court determined last week that a Weld County magistrate improperly relied on an anonymous tip through the state’s Safe2Tell program when she found a juvenile defendant had participated in vandalizing a high school. Surveillance video captured two people spray painting a school building. Administrators subsequently received a tip identifying one of the suspects…
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Safe2Tell reports down in June
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A violence intervention program that allows students to anonymously report potential threats saw a significant drop in calls to its tip line in June, according to a report released Tuesday by the Colorado Attorney General’s Office. Safe2Tell received 450 reports in June, a 76% drop from May. Reports also fell in May compared to April. Historically,…
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Safe2Tell reports drop in May
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Reports to Colorado’s anonymous tip line, Safe2Tell, dropped for the first time in four months in May, the Colorado Attorney General’s Office announced Tuesday. Safe2Tell received 1,839 reports in May, 4% less than the previous month. More than 200 of those reports, or 11%, were related to suicide threats. Bullying, drugs, school complaints and welfare…
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School tip line reports up for third straight month
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Calls to Colorado’s anonymous tip line, Safe2Tell, increased for a third consecutive month in April, the Colorado Attorney General’s Office announced Tuesday. In all, 1,917 reports were made in April, 4% more than the previous month. Suicide threats, bullying and drugs accounted for more than a quarter of all the reports, according to the attorney…
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Calls to Colorado’s school safety tip line drop in January
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Calls to Safe2Tell, Colorado’s anonymous school safety tip line for students, dropped 35% in January compared to the previous month, according to a report released Tuesday by the Colorado Attorney General’s Office. The program reported 842 fewer tips last month. It received 2,423 tips in December. Of the 1,582 tips received in January, 16% were for…
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201 new Colo. laws and rules take effect
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The biggest batch of new laws from the last legislative session hit the Colorado books Wednesday. The 201 new rules and regulations took effect 90 days after the end of the 120-day General Assembly. The laws run the gamut from marijuana and hemp to rural economic development and deregulation of taxis, as well as removing…
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Educators: In Colorado, more school protection helping students learn
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When two students went on a deadly 1999 shooting rampage at Columbine High School, it not only shocked parents, students and teachers, it had a lasting impact on education. Copycat threats across the country have forced lockdowns and orders for teachers and students to shelter in place, and parents, teachers and students have spent a…
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Hullinghorst: Without fanfare, divided chambers achieved a great deal
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Some have argued this was a do-nothing legislative session. While some of the bigger, flashier items did not get through both chambers, with less fanfare, we did in fact achieve a great deal. Our bipartisan workforce development package included a paradigm-shifting program to get industries more involved in classroom education, a program to incentivize school…
