Re: Father's rights

The biggest problem is resources. Public resources are already stretched
to the limits. To afford additional police protection, then it is going to
cost and where does the money come from.

The laws are written to try and protect individuals, but in no way can it
ever anticipate every possible scenario which is why people need to be
diligent.

Yes, there are scenarios where people are stalked by total strangers, but
those cases are few and far between. Maybe if people stopped having
relationships with crackpots (and usually they are crackpots when you meet
them, not just after you started being with them), the need for domestic
protection orders would be less. But people continue to make poor choices
which lead them down this road and suck up the resources that are in place.

Maureen

"RaeMorrill" <RaeMorrill@xxxxxxx> wrote in message
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I do feel people should be able to expect to be protected by the law,
especially when they've done nothing wrong. I am sure that the woman (or
the man) who is the victim often contributes to the escalation of violence,
but there are also cases of people being stalked by complete strangers, who
have done nothing except exist to merit the unwanted attention. The law
expects me to abide by it; in return I do not think i t is unreasonable to
expect protection.

Sandi wrote:
"RaeMorrill" <RaeMorrill@xxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Yes, but that is little comfort to the victims.


My point was that you seem to put so much responsibility for people's
personal safety on the police and they are somehow deficient if a crime
is committed. There is plenty of blame to go around when a history of
domestic violence results in someone's death, but unless the police have
been truly negligent - i.e., not answering emergency calls and the like -
none of it can reasonably be assigned to them.

Sandi


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