State Attorney General Josh Shapiro yesterday released a report on the first six months of Pennsylvania’s “Safe 2 Say Something” tip line for potentially dangerous situations at schools. The report shows about 23,500 calls to the tip line across the commonwealth.
The required annual report groups the schools by the intermediate units to which they belong. ARIN Intermediate Unit 28 had 387 phoned-in tips, the sixth fewest in the state among the 28 units in the state.
Pittsburgh combined total of 1,940 calls, between the Mount Oliver and Allegheny intermediate units, were the most in the state. Tuscarora’s intermediate unit had the fewest, at 243.
Here’s the breakdown for ARIN Intermeidate Unit 28, which covers Indiana and Armstrong counties:
There were 61 calls for tobacco use, smoking, or vaping in school; 41 calls for cutting or self-harm; 37 calls for bullying or cyber bullying; 36 for drugs; 30 for suicide or indications of suicide; 18 for depression or anxiety; 13 for inappropriate language or behavior; 11 for threats against a person; 10 for harassment; and 9 calls for disorderly or dangerous conduct.
Other categories, for which ARIN IU had no calls, were threats against a school and general harassment.
The most-often reported incident across Pennsylvania was bulling or cyber bullying.
Safe 2 Say Something tips are assessed at the call center in Harrisburg and then sent to the appropriate school or police department. There were no arrests made in the programs first six months. The program only took effect in January, so next year’s statistics will be for a full year.
