Wisconsin School Safety Reporting System Now Supports Texting

WISCONSIN — Students, parents, school staff and anyone across Wisconsin can now use their phones to text confidential tips about school safety and behavior concerns to the Speak Up, Speak Out system, the state's Department of Justice announced last week.

The SUSO system, launched in late 2020, provides a confidential statewide reporting system for all Wisconsin schools with the goal of reporting concerns before violence happens, according to the DOJ. Alongside making reports at the SUSO website and app, tipsters can now text SUSO to 738477 for a link to make a report.

“The Office of School Safety provides high-quality programs and trainings to help keep Wisconsin schools safe,” said Attorney General Josh Kaul in a news release. “Adding another way to report safety concerns can only make Speak Up, Speak Out even more effective—so long as the tipline is able to continue operating.”

Over 1,700 schools and police agencies around Wisconsin have gotten at least one tip since the system came to be, according to the Wisconsin DOJ. Around 7,000 contacts have been made to date with half of those occurring in the 2022-2023 school year, the DOJ said.

The reports can be made any time of day throughout the week. Here is where you can make a report, the DOJ said:

• Online at speakup.widoj.gov
• 1-800-MY-SUSO-1 (1-800-697-8761)
• Mobile app (iOS/Android)
• Text SUSO to 738477