What school and public-safety leaders say.

“As the director of school safety and security for the Monroe County Sheriff’s Office, I work closely with K-12 schools in Monroe County, Florida. In May 2018, following the tragedy at Marjorie Stoneman Douglas high school, we partnered with Shawn Verne of School Text Tips to introduce the platform for anonymous tips in Monroe County schools. Research is clear that in many instances of school related violence, the offenders demonstrate pre-attack indicators that may be observable by others. School Text Tips enables a greater level of communication for students when they see something to say something, in a way that is comfortable for the digital native generation. The platform is easy to use, efficient and cost effective. School Text Tips makes schools safer.”

“Through School Text Tips our students have been able to provide information to administrators and law enforcement regarding crimes, both before and after they occurred. But more importantly, students have shared their concerns for their fellow students when they are dealing with mental health crisis. We have been able to provide services to those students and still keep the information anonymous.”

“School Text Tips is a low cost yet highly effective tool for school safety. We started using it in one school at the beginning of the school year to see whether it was effective. There was a concern that the system would be overburdened with pranksters giving false tips. However, that didn’t happen and we received valid tips that the school was able to use for preventive measures. The success at our first school was obvious to the rest of our schools and it is now used in everyone one of our eleven schools, covering nearly 8,000 students. I highly recommend School Text Tips for every school’s safety program!”

“In the wake of the Newtown, Connecticut tragedy, Marco Island Academy implemented the School Text Tips system in an effort to protect our students and teachers. Within 48 hours of using the system, the school received an anonymous tip from a student regarding another student’s safety. Within minutes of receiving the tip, the guidance counselor was able to approach the affected student and proactively address the concern. The School Text Tips system is a simple and easy way for students to communicate with officials while protecting the reporting student’s anonymity.

I would highly recommend the School Text Tip system to other schools.”