Note: Many batterers will obey a protective order (TPO), but you cannot be sure which violent partner will obey the order and which will violate the order. Plan for your safety by seeking shelter from the batterer. Be prepared to ask the police to enforce your protective order.
- Keep your protection order (TPO) with you at all times. Make copies and keep them in your car, your home, at your job, or anywhere else you might spend time regularly.
- Inform your employer, your minister, your friends, your babysitters, your children’s school, and anyone else you or your children regularly spend time with.
- If your partner violates the protection order (TPO) and you feel you are in danger, CALL THE POLICE. You should also plan on contacting your attorney and/or calling the court and advise them of the violation.
- If your partner is contacting your place of employment repeatedly, you can ask a coworker or manager to screen your calls.
- Consider your daily habits. Do you frequent the same grocery store or shopping center regularly and at the same times? If so, consider varying where and when you carry out your daily activities so they are different from your habits when you resided with your battering partner.
- Consider changing to a different bank or financial institution. It is also a good idea to vary the times you do your banking to different hours than when you were with your partner.