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In the US, a restraining order issued by a court is merely a suggestion; police can simply ignore it without consequence, even if there is a law on the books that requires police to enforce it.

https://www.nytimes.com/2005/06/28/politics/justices-rule-po...

https://www.law.cornell.edu/supremecourt/text/04-278



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