Cyberbullying Investigations in Colorado

01First, the person

When Online Harassment Becomes a Crisis

Before evidence, think about the person being targeted. Cyberbullying can push young people and adults toward despair, and parents sometimes learn the extent of it only after a frightening comment or change in behavior. If someone is in danger, call 911. Colorado Crisis Services is available around the clock at 1-844-493-8255, by texting TALK to 38255, or by calling or texting 988. Those lines can help in the moment in ways an investigator cannot, and our investigative consulting never takes their place.

Once the person is safe, the next priority is keeping the record intact. Messages vanish, accounts are deleted and group chats are cleared, sometimes within hours of a confrontation. Our first step is preservation, not accusation. Families who also need to understand a tragedy can read about our careful suicide death investigations, and parents worried about an adult contacting their child can review our missing child investigations for the urgent version of this work.

• Danger now: call 911
• Crisis support: 988 or 1-844-493-8255
• Text TALK to 38255
• Then preserve evidence before confronting anyone

02Colorado law

Kiana Arellano's Law and Related Statutes

Colorado's harassment statute, C.R.S. § 18-9-111, includes a provision known as Kiana Arellano's Law that covers harassing or threatening electronic communications, including texts and social media posts, made with intent to harass, annoy or alarm. That conduct is generally a class 2 misdemeanor. The same statute reaches repeated calls with no legitimate purpose and repeated communications at inconvenient hours. When online conduct is repeated and causes serious emotional distress, it may also fit the stalking statute, C.R.S. § 18-3-602.

Sharing intimate images is addressed separately. Under C.R.S. § 18-7-107, an adult who posts or distributes an intimate image of an identifiable adult without consent, intending to harass, intimidate or coerce, and causing serious emotional distress, generally commits a class 1 misdemeanor, and a court may add a fine of up to $10,000. Images of minors raise far more serious offenses and belong with police immediately. Our guide to what Colorado investigators can legally do explains our boundaries, and our criminal defense investigations show how these cases look from the defense side.

03Keeping the record

Preserving Evidence for Cyberbullying Investigations in Colorado

Screenshots are a start, but they are easy to challenge. We help you capture posts, messages and profiles in a way that shows the account name, the profile address, the date and time and the surrounding conversation, and we log where and how each item was captured. Where platforms allow users to download their own data, we walk you through it. Our goal is a file a principal, detective or judge can rely on without wondering whether something was edited.

We also ask you not to delete anything, block accounts in a way that erases conversations, or reply in anger. Each of those can cost evidence. If the harassment involves school devices or accounts, the school may hold logs that only it can preserve, so we prepare a polite, specific preservation request for administrators. Clients worried about how much of their own information is public can add our personal information wipe, and attorneys can read about our support for Colorado counsel.

04Behind the account

Tracing Anonymous and Impersonation Accounts

Most anonymous harassers leave clues. A cyberbullying investigation compares writing style, slang, posting times, followers, linked accounts, reused images and details only a few people would know. Fake profiles often share photos or usernames with a real account, and timing patterns sometimes match a class schedule or work shift. We combine those threads into a short list of likely sources and explain the basis for each one, without overstating certainty.

Some answers sit only in a platform's records. Those can generally be obtained only through legal process, such as a subpoena in a civil case or a request from police, and Colorado's civil subpoena rule gives recipients at least 14 days to produce documents. We prepare the factual groundwork that makes such a request focused. We never hack, guess passwords or create fake accounts to bait anyone. When the harassment spills into real-world following, our Colorado surveillance team can document it lawfully, and witness background checks help assess people who come forward.

05Students and schools

Working With Schools, Safe2Tell and Police

Colorado students and parents have a tool many states lack. Safe2Tell lets anyone make an anonymous report by calling 1-877-542-7233, visiting the Safe2Tell website, using its app or texting S2TCO to 738477, and the program passes reports to local law enforcement and school officials. The Colorado Attorney General's office reported in November 2023 that bullying had been the most reported category for three months running, with 297 reports in October 2023 alone, which is why our Fort Collins investigators see these cases near campuses too.

We help families make those reports count. A clear summary with preserved evidence and a short timeline gives administrators something concrete to act on, and it keeps the family's account consistent if police become involved. When a school wants independent fact-finding, we can work for the district or the family's attorney under a written scope. Families in the Boulder area can start with our Boulder investigators, and Douglas County families with our Parker team.

06Adults are targeted too

Online Harassment of Adults, Professionals and Businesses

Cyberbullying is not only a school problem. Adults face harassment from former partners, disgruntled customers, coworkers and strangers who fixate on them. Professionals see fake reviews and impersonation accounts that damage their work, and small businesses face coordinated attacks that spill into threats against staff. The same preservation and tracing methods apply, but the response often runs through an employer, a human resources department or counsel rather than a school.

When harassment happens inside a workplace, our workplace sexual harassment investigations document the conduct and interview witnesses for the employer. When it is part of a broader pattern of following or contact, the stalking page describes how we support a protection order. Executives targeted by organized campaigns may also benefit from our corporate inquiry team, which look at whether a competitor, former insider or group is behind the activity.

07How we work

Measured Conclusions and a Written Scope

Accusing the wrong person can do real harm, especially among teenagers. Our reports separate what we confirmed from what we infer, and we say plainly when the evidence points toward someone without proving it. That restraint protects your credibility with the school, the police and the court. One member of Delator leadership stays responsible for the case from first call to final report, and we never contact the suspected harasser ourselves, the same rule our dating background checks follow.

Delator Group is a licensed Tennessee private investigation firm based in Nashville with no Colorado office. Colorado does not license investigators at the state level, so we apply Tennessee's standard here. Investigative time is $100 per hour within the approved budget, abuse-related investigations start at $1,500, and a personal information wipe with OSINT review is $900. Our Colorado pricing page and our Colorado investigator vetting guide help you decide before you commit.

Services

Cyberbullying Investigation Services in Colorado

• Evidence preservationWe capture posts, messages and profiles with account names, addresses, dates and context, logging each item so it holds up later.Learn more
• Anonymous account tracingWriting style, timing, linked accounts and reused images are compared to narrow the likely person behind a fake or anonymous profile.Learn more
• Impersonation casesWhen someone poses as you online, we document the fake accounts, trace their origin and help prepare platform and legal reports.Learn more
• School-ready summariesA concise timeline with preserved evidence that administrators and Safe2Tell can act on, written in a calm, factual tone for school use.Learn more
• Intimate image casesCareful documentation when private images are shared without consent, organized for police and counsel and handled with complete discretion from the first call.Learn more
• Workplace online harassmentFor employers and staff, we document harassing conduct across platforms and interview witnesses to support the employer's investigation and legal response.Learn more
• Exposure reductionWe review what is publicly visible about the person being targeted and request removal from data sources where that is possible.Learn more
• Real-world follow-upIf online harassment turns into following or showing up in person, investigators document it lawfully from public places for police.Learn more
• Litigation groundworkFacts organized so counsel can seek platform records through a focused subpoena or court order in a Colorado civil case.Learn more

How it works

How a Cyberbullying Case Proceeds

1. 01

   Safety and intake

   A member of leadership confirms the person targeted is safe, explains crisis resources if needed, and learns which platforms, accounts and people are involved so far.

2. 02

   Written scope and budget

   We set out the preservation steps, tracing work, hours and cost in writing, and begin only after the family, school or attorney approves the plan.

3. 03

   Preserve, trace, document

   Investigators capture and log evidence, analyze accounts and posting patterns, and document any real-world conduct, keeping inference and confirmed fact clearly separated in every note.

4. 04

   Report for the decision makers

   You receive a sourced summary suited to the school, Safe2Tell, police or counsel, with the preserved evidence attached and every conclusion stated carefully and without overreach.

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Online Harassment and Colorado Law

Statewide coverage

Cyberbullying Cases Across Colorado

Delator assigns investigators to online harassment cases across Colorado, from Front Range school districts and university towns to mountain communities and the Western Slope. Families in the north metro can begin with our Broomfield investigators, Jefferson County families with our Lakewood team, and families in the Pikes Peak region with our Colorado Springs investigators. Delator keeps no Colorado office. Most preservation and tracing work is done remotely, and any field work or school meetings are scoped and priced in writing first.

• Boulder
• Parker
• Broomfield
• Lakewood
• Colorado Springs
• Fort Collins
• All of Colorado

FAQ

Frequently asked questions

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Investigations available in Colorado

Every service below is available in Colorado and across Colorado, run by the same Delator Group leadership that manages our Tennessee casework. Choose a service to read how it works in Colorado.

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Private investigators across Colorado