EATON RAPIDS, Mich. (WLNS) — ‘For those who see one thing, say one thing.’ That’s the motto for an nameless tip sticker which were positioned in Eaton Rapids college students’ lockers as a part of the Michigan State Police’s OK2SAY and Crime Stoppers Quick $50 applications.
College students could make a textual content or name the quantity from this system to make sure the protection of the neighborhood. Whether or not it’s throughout, in-between, or after class, college students can know they’ve a protected method to report any suspicious habits.
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Aiden Rochester and Rylee Winkelman, Eaton Rapids excessive schoolers, know that in the event that they see one thing improper, they will open their locker and dial (855)-565-2729.
“It being in the locker really helps to give a reminder because every time we go to open our locker,” said Rochester. “We know that we have the resource available to use whenever we need to.”
College students can report something from bullying to suicidal ideation, to the OK2SAY useful resource, and may even report drug use or weapons with the Quick $50 Program.
Jason Ferguson, the Eaton Rapids faculty useful resource officer who helped launch the stickers, says thus far, it’s been a hit.
“The youngsters on this faculty and in our center faculty have made these stories to us, and we’ve situated thus far — no weapons that we’ve which were reported to us — however we’ve discovered medicine within the faculties by way of these applications,” mentioned Ferguson.
Ferguson says the stickers are a results of a collaborative effort between the Quick $50 Program, OK2SAY, the Eaton Rapids Police Division and the assist of a neighborhood sponsor.
“They were kept in different locations of the school as two different programs,” said Ferguson. “And so I thought to have the same resource available for the kids in one place, we would put everything on this sticker and thus co-brand the two together.”
Ferguson says the stickers had been positioned within the Eaton Rapids Excessive Faculty and Center Faculty this previous spring.
So long as the sticker stays in Winkelman’s locker, she says she is going to do her finest to maintain her friends protected.
“A spot the place they will categorical how they really feel in regards to the state of affairs, what they’ve heard,” mentioned Winkelman.
In keeping with the Michigan State Police, in 2024, OK2SAY obtained 11,671 suggestions, and in 2025, OK2SAY obtained 7,591 suggestions.
