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“See Something, Say Something” Authorities remind students to share school safety concerns

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SPRINGFIELD – The Illinois Emergency Management Agency are reminding students and community members about a new program to help improve school safety in Illinois. Safe2Help Illinois is a information sharing platform that is available 24/7. Students can use a free app, text/phone, or the website (Safe2HelpIL.com) to share school safety issues confidentially. Regardless of whether a school district is enrolled in the program, Safe2Help staff will vet all information received and forward to the appropriate local contact whether or not they elect to formally participate in the program. In the wake of the deadly school shooting at Oxford High School in Michigan, Illinois schools have experienced an uptick in school threats.
“In almost every case involving a mass school shooting there was someone, usually a fellow student, who had some advance warning or reason to believe that violence was possible,” said Alicia Tate-Nadeau, Director of the Illinois Emergency Management Agency.
Safe2Help Illinois is a product of a statewide school safety capability assessment, following the 2018 school shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida. The Illinois Terrorism Task Force convened a School Safety Working Group made up of state and local law enforcement professionals, representatives from statewide education associations, emergency management and mental health professionals to identify school safety issues and come up with practical recommendations to improve student safety.

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