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This maybe a bit off topic but the police have no legal obligation to protect you.
There have been other cases like this one.
NPR had a show tonight about this case.
SCOTUS has ruled on it.

It's about a woman that had a restraining order against the father of her three children.
The police did not enforce the order. He killed the three girls and shot up the police station.
 
robnisch said:
This maybe a bit off topic but the police have no legal obligation to protect you.
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Obviously a comedic exaggeration, but it is difficult for police to act before a crime has been committed. There may be another crime (such as making terroristic threats) but that may be impossible to prove.
It's about a woman that had a restraining order against the father of her three children.
The police did not enforce the order. He killed the three girls and shot up the police station.
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With this issue specifically, restraining orders are very easy to get and thus don't get treated as seriously as some of them ought to be.
There is no real evidence required to get issued one.
 
Derec said:
It's about a woman that had a restraining order against the father of her three children.
The police did not enforce the order. He killed the three girls and shot up the police station.
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With this issue specifically, restraining orders are very easy to get and thus don't get treated as seriously as some of them ought to be.
There is no real evidence required to get issued one.
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So, what is the point in issuing them if they are not enforced? Placebo?
 
Shadowy Man said:
Derec said:
It's about a woman that had a restraining order against the father of her three children.
The police did not enforce the order. He killed the three girls and shot up the police station.
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With this issue specifically, restraining orders are very easy to get and thus don't get treated as seriously as some of them ought to be.
There is no real evidence required to get issued one.
Click to expand...
So, what is the point in issuing them if they are not enforced? Placebo?
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Hey, they can be charged with violating the protection order while being charged with the murder of the ex-wife and kids. Win win.
 
From the report above:

Kentucky sheriff charged in fatal shooting of judge at courthouse

LOUISVILLE, Ky. — A sheriff in southeastern Kentucky was arrested and charged with murder after a district judge was fatally shot in his chambers on Thursday, authorities said.

Judge Kevin Mullins, 54, was fatally shot at the Letcher County Courthouse in Whitesburg, Kentucky, on Thursday afternoon, according to Kentucky State Police spokesperson Matt Gayheart. Police arrested Letcher County Sheriff Shawn M. Stines at the scene and charged him with one count of first-degree murder.

Several law enforcement agencies and emergency medical services responded to the courthouse after receiving a 911 call at about 2:55 p.m. ET regarding shots being fired from inside the building, Gayheart said in a statement on Facebook. Authorities discovered Mullins with "multiple gunshot wounds," according to Gayheart.

"Lifesaving measures were attempted but unsuccessful," Gayheart said. "Mullins was pronounced deceased on scene by the Letcher County Coroner’s Office."

A preliminary investigation revealed that Stines, 43, fatally shot Mullins after an argument inside the courthouse, Gayheart said. Stines was taken into custody shortly after without incident.

The investigation into the shooting remains ongoing. The incident was initially announced by Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear, who said on social media that a district judge had been shot in his chambers.
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