There is no such crime as violating an order of protection.
Still, she said the city's treatment of the families continued to violate her orders.
The husband was arrested for violating an order of protection in 2002.
"We cannot stop people from violating their own orders of protection."
The police said they had violated a military order banning them from that area.
The new law makes it a Federal crime to cross state lines to violate a protective order.
The police must arrest anyone who violates a protective order.
"Have you any explanation for the fact that the first man to violate my uniform orders is in your department?"
Until now, a person usually had to get physically close to a victim to violate a restraining order.