If the police cannot find the person causing harm to give them a copy of the EPO, there are ways to serve the person in a different way (called substitutional service). The court can order that the police: serve a member of the person’s family or someone else who might bring the order to their attention leave the order at a place where they have been living or regularly go send it by email or Facebook message The court makes an order for substitutional service to allow the police to serve the order this way. Last Reviewed: January 2022