[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 147 (2001), Part 5]
[Senate]
[Page 6943]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]



                  SCHOOL VIOLENCE PREVENTION HOT LINE

  Mr. LEVIN. Mr. President, the Michigan State Police recently 
introduced a 24-hour school violence prevention hot line to allow 
students, parents, teachers and others, to report school violence or 
suspicious criminal conduct to the State Police. The hot line, 800-815 
TIPS, offers young people and others in Michigan a way to reach out to 
law enforcement anonymously, if desired, and in a non-confrontational 
environment.
  In the past month, students and citizens from across the state have 
given the State Police approximately 60 tips, including tips about 
bullying, harassment, sexual assault, as well as tips about knives and 
guns in school. The State Police then passed these tips on to the 
appropriate local law enforcement agency for investigation. Michigan is 
the thirteenth state to implement such a hotline and we hope it will 
help keep our schools safer for students and teachers.
  We also hope that other preventative measures will be taken to keep 
our schools safer, such as legislative initiatives to keep firearms out 
of the hands of juveniles and prohibited persons. Together, we can work 
toward preventing the disturbing number of violent acts in school that 
we have seen far too much of in the last few years.

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