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- calendar_today October 13, 2026
Safe2Tell Reports Drop in September 2026
Colorado students filed 3,065 Safe2Tell reports in September 2026, a decrease from the previous year. According to a report from the Colorado Attorney General’s Office, the concerns flagged by students remain much the same: school safety, mental health, and bullying.
Most Frequent Student Concerns
The most common topics for Safe2Tell reports included school safety (19.2%), mental health (17.3%), and bullying (15.1%). Reports involving substance use accounted for 11.5%, while abuse and exploitation made up 8.1% of submissions.
Reasons for the Decrease in Reports
Attorney General Phil Weiser noted that last year’s higher numbers were largely due to a spike in student reports in 2025. That surge followed the Evergreen High School shooting on September 10, 2025, and was further fueled by circulating online threats in September 2024. Weiser explained, “These posts were often shared, altered, and misinterpreted, leading people to believe that the threats applied to different schools across the state and country. As a result, the same concerns were reported multiple times, even though they referred to the same original posts.”
Duplicate and False Reports
This September, 9.5% of Safe2Tell submissions were duplicate reports — meaning multiple students filed reports about the same incident. The Attorney General commended students for reporting concerns, rather than assuming someone else had already done so. Only 1.4% of all reports were determined to be false or invalid.
School and Student Responses to Reports
After Safe2Tell receives a report, schools and authorities take several actions. In September, parents were notified 1,207 times, and counseling was provided for students on 634 occasions. Law enforcement or school staff conducted welfare checks based on 400 student reports. In one highlighted case, officials investigated a report that students overheard someone expressing plans for a school shooting. The report states that officials conducted a threat assessment, contacted the student’s parents, provided counseling services, and imposed disciplinary action following the incident.
School Safety Remains a Priority
Despite a decrease in Safe2Tell reports, school safety remains the number one concern among students and officials in Colorado. The continued reporting on mental health, bullying, and other issues underscores the significance of student-driven communication in maintaining a safe educational environment.
Source: kdvr.com.
