Kamloops Prepares to Launch PSSTWorld October 1, 2009

• Kamloops RCMP are lending their hand to a new online program in which students can anonymously report problems in their school.

The new website, PSST (Promoting Safe Schools Together) World, allows students to post tips on anything they feel is a concern to them or fellow students.

Those tips will then be filtered by a school-district staffer and passed on to Kamloops RCMP if needed.

Const. Cheryl Bush said she hopes the website will give students a venue to report incidents in a safe manner.

“We feel it’s important that kids have a voice in the schools and in a way that they feel safe,” Bush said.

The Kamloops-Thompson school district will be the second district to use the website in the province.

The Surrey school district was the first, noting it receives nine to 12 tips of information per month.

Bush suggested the number of tips is a good indication the service is not being flooded with false reports.

The Kamloops portion of the website, at psstworld.com, will be up and running in the next couple of weeks.