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Helping Reduce and Prevent School Violence

Six Reasons Why School Text Tips is MUCH better than the Fortify FL app
 
  1. Tip information sent directly to your designated officials, not shared with outside agencies such as FDLE, Tallahassee etc. You decide who gets the information, reduces your liability and exposure from Monday morning quarterbacking.
  2. Students prefer to use STT as they do not have to download and install any app to use it, it is already on every students phone.

  3. Prevents false tip reporting, Fortify is plagued with false tip reports as it is difficult to quickly identify a tip sender using the Fortify app, with STT, in any event that school officials decide they need immediate access to tip senders phone contact, we can release it to you instantly and without the need for any red tape or delays.

  4. Safer for students to use as STT can be saved as any contact, not easy to locate if someone else got access to the students phone. Unlike Fortify which once the app is opened, will show every tip that student ever sent.

  5. Much quicker for students to get tip sent, with Fortify you have to open the app, choose your school, answer prompts and then follow multiple drop down menus to send a tip, with STT, you simply send a text message.

  6. Protects the school and staff that receives copies of tips, as STT does not allow photos or videos to be included, Fortify does, which can expose a staff members phone to illegal photos and videos such as child pornography, violence, etc., in which case a staff members phone and records could be seized as evidence in a criminal case.

Fortify FL is the bare minimum required by law, your students and staff deserve more than the bare minimum.

Hear Something?
See Something?
DO SOMETHING!

Be proactive by giving students the ability to report concerns quickly and safely directly to school officials. Know before social media does.

Reduce gun threats, bullying, drug and alcohol use, teen suicide (self harm), etc.

School Text Tips has saved multiple lives since 2012

STT has been used by every student in every school in Monroe County since 2018. No other system can come close to level of reliability or legitimate tips due to our ability to instantly trace and identify a false or misleading tip.

Compare that to any app based system such as Fortify FL which is plagued with false tips.

Read about our success here!

One of its Kind!
No App Download Required!

All other systems require the student to download and install an app.  School text tips does not require the student to download or install anything. Most efficient tip system available, works as a simple text message from any cell phone.

Patty Thompson, Director of School Safety and Security

Monroe County Sheriff's Office

"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."

Student on Mobile Phone
Know What's Really Going On With an Anonymous Text Hotline.
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