Safe2Tell tip line reports from Colorado students declined slightly last year

The anonymous tip line for Colorado students to report safety concerns received over 29,000 submissions last school year, the second-highest yearly total in its history.

There were 29,302 Safe2Tell reports in the 2025-26 school year, according to new data from the Colorado attorney general’s office. After rising for each of the previous four years, the number of reports was down from a peak of 31,117 in the 2024-25 school year.

“When a student speaks up about a friend who is struggling or a threat to their school, they’re doing something that takes courage and compassion,” Attorney General Phil Weiser said in a statement. “Nearly 30,000 times last school year, someone chose to take that step. Behind those reports are thousands of examples of schools, law enforcement, and mental health professionals stepping in to help.”

The top report categories were bullying, safety concerns over school staff, suicide threats and self harm. There were also 510 reports about guns — including a spike following the September 2025 Evergreen High School shooting — along with 37 about explosives and 210 about a planned school attack.

Around 2% of the reports were deliberately false and submitted by people who wanted to mislead officials, the new data shows.

“The fact that nearly 98% of reports are submitted in good faith tells us that students and community members are taking Safe2Tell seriously,” Director Stacey Scardino said in a statement.

Safe2Tell began in 2004 as a non-profit organization, but was incorporated into the attorney general’s office in 2014. Students and community members can anonymously share threats or concerns over the phone, online or through a phone app. Analysts then forward the information to local partners like schools, law enforcement and mental health professionals who then decide how to respond.

In the most recent school year, responses included notifying parents 10,774 times, providing mental health services 5,111 times and doing 3,621 welfare checks, according to the report.

In one high-profile instance, someone made a Safe2Tell report about a former Green Mountain High School psychologist. James Chevrier was eventually convicted and sentenced to five years in prison for sexually assaulting a minor.

People can use Safe2Tell by calling 1-877-542-7233, visiting Safe2Tell.org, texting S2TCO to 738477, or using the mobile app.