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

[.455_Hunter]

This happens all the time. Unfortunately in the world we live in, LE will go to the house and let the parents know that someone reported the incident with the child talking about guns. I remind parents all the time, nothing here is illegal, just letting them know that someone was concerned and since they know their kids best maybe check on them and remind them to be careful who they are talking to or talking in front of

Thank you. I had no idea about the mandated level of response to one of these reports. What you indicate seems very reasonable and non-confrontational.

I think it is inappropriate for the Safe2Tell organization to keep this part of the procedure out of the public eye.

[KevDen2005]

Thank you. I had no idea about the mandated level of response to one of these reports. What you indicate seems very reasonable and non-confrontational.

I think it is inappropriate for the Safe2Tell organization to keep this part of the procedure out of the public eye.

Safe2Tell doesn't mandate anything, only anonymity. It's department policy that mandates response. I'm sure some rural locations have much lower requirements on response. Since everyone loves examples...let's say an active shooter happened in a small town in Connecticut. After that, every weird kid, family that hunts, kid's that mentions anything violent, etc. get's reported on. After every incident in this country these reports multiply, in addition to the police reports officers are taking on the rising crime in your neighborhood and departments who are losing officers and hiring officers that have no business being cops to replace them and are making everyone's job harder because those new officers didn't take a report or hid out somewhere doing nothing so other officers get overworked. If one of those kids snaps do you think the command staff is going to take the blame? They will in the media, but crap rolls down hill and when it does it picks up momentum and volume. So the cop that takes the report isn't about to risk not at least checking on it.