Report a Safety Concern or Threat

  • Say Something - Anonymous Reporting System Pinellas County Schools has partnered with Sandy Hook Promise to offer the Say Something Anonymous Reporting System. Say Something allows you to submit secure & anonymous safety concerns to help identify and intervene upon at-risk individuals BEFORE they hurt themselves or others. Tips made to the Say Something Anonymous Reporting System are passed along to the appropriate law enforcement agencies and school officials.

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    FortifyFL Additionally, the district utilizes FortifyFL, a school-related suspicious activity reporting tool that allows Florida students and the community the ability to instantly relay information anonymously concerning unsafe, potentially harmful, dangerous, violent or criminal activities, or the threat of these activities, to the appropriate law enforcement agencies and school officials. FortifyFL was created and funded by the 2018 Florida Legislature as part of the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School Public Safety Act. 

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    Important Notice

    Florida Statute 943.082 states that if, following an investigation, it is determined that a person knowingly submitted a false tip through FortifyFL, the Internet protocol (IP) address of the device on which the tip was submitted will be provided to law enforcement agencies for further investigation, and the reporting party may be subject to criminal penalties under s. 837.05. In all other circumstances, unless the reporting party has chosen to disclose his or her identity, the report will remain anonymous.
     
     
    January 20, 2025

    Section 943.082, F.S., states that if, following an investigation, it is determined that a person knowingly submitted a false tip through FortifyFL, the Internet protocol (IP) address of the device on which the tip was submitted will be provided to law enforcement agencies for further investigation, and the reporting party may be subject to criminal penalties under s. 837.05, F.S.  In all other circumstances, unless the reporting party has chosen to disclose his or her identity, the report will remain anonymous.  

    Additionally, any threats regarding the use of a destructive device (s. 790.162, F.S.), false reports of planting a bomb, explosive device, weapon of mass destruction or use of a firearm (s. 790.163, F.S.), written or electronic threats (s. 836.10, F.S.), and false reports to law enforcement authorities (s. 837.05, F.S.) are subject to criminal penalties described below.

    Threat to throw, project, place, or discharge any destructive device.  This criminal offense is a second degree felony punishable as provided in s. 775.082, 775.083, or 775.084, F.S.

    False report concerning planting a bomb, an explosive, or a weapon of mass destruction, or concerning the use of firearms in a violent manner.  This criminal offense is a second degree felony punishable as provided in s. 775.082, 775.083, or 775.084, F.S.

    Written or electronic threats to kill, do bodily injury, or conduct a mass shooting or an act of terrorism.  This criminal offense is a second degree felony punishable as provided in s. 775.082, 775.083, or 775.084, F.S. 

    False reports to law enforcement authorities.  This criminal offense is either (1) a first degree misdemeanor punishable as provided in s. 775.082, or 775.083, F.S.; or (2) a third degree felony punishable as provided in s. 775.082, 775.083, or 775.084, F.S.  The classification of the criminal offense depends upon the circumstances regarding the false report to the law enforcement authority.

    Sections 775.082, 775.083, and 775.084, F.S., states that second degree felonies can carry up to 15 years of imprisonment and a $10,000 fine, third degree felonies can carry up to 5 years imprisonment and a $5,000 fine, and first degree misdemeanors can carry up to 1 year imprisonment and a $1,000 fine.  Additional incarceration and monetary fines can apply depending upon the facts of each case and the defendant’s history.