Police restraining orders successful in tackling domestic violence
Source: Western Australia. Attorney General. Media Release
"A review of legislation governing the new on-the-spot police orders has found they have been widely adopted by police - and those working in domestic violence related fields consider them to be successful. Mr McGinty said the State Government had introduced 24 and 72-hour, police-issued orders in 2004 as part of tough new laws to tackle domestic violence. “These on-the-spot orders gave police the ability to provide immediate protection to victims of domestic violence, thereby preventing violence from escalating, often with tragic circumstances,” he said. This was a major achievement because the previous telephone system was cumbersome, with less than one telephone order being issued by police per month in the final year of operation."