Who May File for a VAWC Protection Order

Dear PAO, I need your help. I am a landlord. My tenant is a mother with two young children. Her husband constantly yells and throws things around the house. He is jobless and frequently accuses her of infidelity. I heard him again this morning, and our neighbors often complain about his behavior. My parents check […]

A guard on floating status receives general return- to-work order

Dear PAO, I am a security guard on floating status. The agency I work for has been keeping me on this status for exactly six months. Yesterday, my agency sent me a return-to-work order, but it was a general one. It did not state any actual job assignment, client, time, or place. All it said […]

Grave threat can also be committed by way of hand gestures

Dear PAO, I have a neighbor who always looks down on me. His demeaning attitude started when I confronted him about his karaoke machine, which he would operate loudly until the wee hours of the morning. On one occasion as I was passing in front of his house, he made a hand gesture by pointing […]