Sandy Hook portal logs 400,000 tips

Sandy Hook Promise’s anonymous school-safety tip system has crossed 400,000 reports, marking a new milestone for a program built after the 2012 Newtown shooting. (sandyhookpromise.org) (apnews.com) The program is called Say Something Anonymous Reporting System, and it lets students in grades 4 through 12 send tips by app, text, phone hotline, or website. Sandy Hook Promise says crisis counselors staff the system 24 hours a day, every day of the year. (sandyhookpromise.org) Sandy Hook Promise’s site now lists 403,000-plus anonymous tips, 1,269 confirmed young lives saved from suicide, 8,100-plus students helped during mental health crises, and 19 planned school shootings prevented. (sandyhookpromise.org) The Associated Press reported Tuesday that the same system had fielded nearly 395,000 tips, with reports ranging from school-shooting threats and suicides to drug use and bullying. Nicole Hockley, whose 6-year-old son Dylan was killed at Sandy Hook Elementary School on December 14, 2012, said the program has been “very successful.” (apnews.com) Sandy Hook Promise was founded in early 2013 by relatives of victims of the Sandy Hook massacre, and its trainers have brought the Say Something program to all 50 states. The group says more than 7 million youth and adults have been trained to recognize warning signs and use the reporting system. (apnews.com) (sandyhookpromise.org) The reporting model is built around students spotting warning signs early, including threats on social media, bullying, self-harm, weapon bragging, or sudden behavioral changes. Tips are reviewed by counselors, who can escalate imminent threats to schools or law enforcement. (sandyhookpromise.org 1) (sandyhookpromise.org 2) One recent example came in Florida on March 10, 2025, when Sandy Hook Promise said more than 40 tips about threatening social-media posts led counselors to alert authorities. The nonprofit said a 14-year-old student was arrested after investigators concluded the student had a weapon, made a threat, and had a plan for an attack. (sandyhookpromise.org) Sandy Hook Promise’s 2025 annual report, which says its data run through June 30, 2025, had listed 343,000-plus lifetime anonymous tips and at least 18 credible planned school shooting attacks averted. The newer 403,000-plus figure shows the count has continued rising since then. (sandyhookpromise.org 1) (sandyhookpromise.org 2) The number is only one measure of the system, but it shows how a prevention project born from Sandy Hook has become a standing national intake line for threats, bullying, self-harm, and other student crises. (apnews.com) (sandyhookpromise.org)