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Sunday, June 01, 2008

Ind. Courts - Protection orders in Lake and Porter Counties

Marisa Kwiatkowski of the NWI Times has a story today headed "Protection orders rise in Lake, but drop in Porter County" and another headed "Victims lean on protection orders to break cycle of abuse." A quote from the latter story:

Crown Point Police Chief Pete Land said protection orders today are carried out much more "vigorously" than they were eight to 10 years ago.

"The domestic issue is taken much more seriously by police departments, the prosecutor's office and the courts," he said.

He encouraged victims who have protection orders to contact their local police department every time an order is violated.

For more about protection orders, see this page from the Indiana Courts website, titled "Indiana Court Forms: Protection Orders, No Contact Orders, and Workplace Violence Restraining Orders,"

Posted by Marcia Oddi on June 1, 2008 09:04 AM
Posted to Indiana Courts