In a world where safety and security are paramount, legal mechanisms like protective orders and restraining orders play crucial roles in shielding individuals from harm. However, the differences ...

Protective orders are designed to safeguard victims of domestic violence, stalking, sexual assault, and other crimes by legally requiring abusers to stay away. However, obtaining one can be daunting ...

Cassandra felt hopeless. “The police keep telling me to get a protection order, but it keeps getting denied because I haven’t had any physical abuse,” she explained. “But my ex keeps driving by, ...

For Washingtonians trying to cut contact with their domestic abusers and stalkers, civil protection orders are often a necessary legal step. But the process of filing one can be tricky to navigate.

WILL HAVE A LIVE REPORT COMING UP ON WESH TWO NEWS AT SIX. MEANTIME, NEARLY 2000 RESTRAINING ORDERS HAVE BEEN FILED IN OSCEOLA COUNTY IN THE LAST YEAR. BUT THE ORDERS DON’T ALWAYS DO THE JOB OF ...

Thompson and Oxford Police Chief Jeff McCutchen recognize how situations can turn deadly for victims and law enforcement during domestic violence calls. The Officer Down Memorial, a nonprofit that ...

It's been a year since Maria Roque was shot and killed in front of her children, outside of her home on the West Side of Chicago. Her murder, police allege, was at the hands of her ex-boyfriend ...

INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) – Advocacy groups offering assistance to victims of domestic violence and sexual assault say a statewide change caused by an I-Team 8 investigation could be critical for a survivor ...

Leaders with King County’s Protection Order Portal and affiliated program, from left: Collen McIngalls, Children’s Justice Center of King County; Chelle Hunsinger de Enciso, victim advocate; Kelsey ...