Recognize that you may need to ask the police and the courts to enforce your restraining order. Keep your restraining order on or near your person. If you change purses, that's the first thing that should go in. Give your restraining order to your community's police department and to those where you usually visit friends or family. The court clerk will give you 5 free certified copies of the restraining order.
Police keep copies of restraining orders at the local division.
Take a copy of the order whether it is served or not to the local police station. Call the local domestic violence program if you have any questions or problems with your restraining order. Inform your employer, minister, close friends, etc. that you have a protection order in effect. If the police do not respond, you can file a private criminal complaint at the local police station. And In Public Each battered woman must decide if and when she will tell others that her partner has battered her and that she may be at continued risk.