<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?> <docID>339834</docID> <postdate>2025-03-07 14:53:54</postdate> <headline>Police blitz it, serving 300 court documents</headline> <body><div id="component_281664"> <p><strong>Police officers have served more than 300 court documents and orders during four days of action this week to ensure people subject to court-ordered restrictions are aware of and abide by those restrictions.</strong></p> <p>From Saturday to Tuesday multiple officers co-ordinated the serving of:</p> <ul type="disc"> <li><em>67 personal protection orders</em></li> </ul> <ul type="disc"> <li><em>43 family violence orders</em></li> </ul> <ul type="disc"> <li><em>Four workplace protection orders</em></li> </ul> <ul type="disc"> <li><em>130 subpoenas</em></li> </ul> <ul type="disc"> <li><em>58 summons</em></li> </ul> <p>Police say there has been a significant increase in Family Violence Orders and other court service documents, and last month the service and process team served more than 400 documents and made 900 attempts.</p> <p>In the ACT, all court orders must be served by police, and they must be served in-person.</p> <p>During the latest operation, officers made 330 attempts to serve orders. Police say the efforts to serve court documents and orders are substantial, with most needing multiple attempts to locate the respondent. In some cases, documents may be served quickly at the first attempt and in other cases, a dozen or more attempts maybe needed.</p> <p>If a respondent is actively avoiding police and the service of documents, the police have no additional powers or other lawful means to serve the order.</p> <p> </p> </div> </body>