So what happens when your family is targeted in a Safe2Tell report?

[Eric P]

Safe2Tell is anonymous

This is the issue. The reporter should be contacted 1st. Can't taken anonymous reports seriously if a reporter won't stand behind the report.

[KevDen2005]

This is the issue. The reporter should be contacted 1st. Can't taken anonymous reports seriously if a reporter won't stand behind the report.

I can't believe I'm about to defend Safe2Tell, a system that I hate so much and has taken up hours of my life...

The idea is that a kid can tell someone that his or her friend is suicidal. A lot of kids have been afraid in the past because their names have been attached. That's what the system was intended for. Do dumbasses do dumbass things with whatever tool we hand them? Yes. Kids especially. Does Safe2Tell get a lot of "my feelings are hurt so it should be a crime" reports, Yes, a ton. Does Safe2Tell get a lot of, "They looked at me mean so they threatened me reports? Also, yes. However, A lot of adult report that too.

I would love if every single anonymous complaint got to be trashed because they were anonymous, not just Safe2Tell, but in everything. That would save me a ton of time in life.

[.455_Hunter]

I can't believe I'm about to defend Safe2Tell, a system that I hate so much and has taken up hours of my life...

I understand the frustration.

Once again, I think this goes back to the lack public knowledge on what happens on the backside of a Safe2Tell report. Every kid has Safe2Tell reporting procedures drilled into their heads, but crickets on how to handle actually being reported, whether themselves, or with their parents.

Maybe at the start of the academic year, each school district could supply links to the parents explaining the totality of the Safe2Tell program in their area, including how to make reports, and what to expect if their child is implicated in a report, including rights and responsibilities.