Keep the Peace Order

“During your advisement, they'll give you the chance to get what's called a keep the peace order, meaning that, for about 10 to 15 minutes, you can run back to your house, with police officers escorting you, get any belongings that you need and then leave, and that's the last time you're able to go home, because while this protection order's in place, you can't contact your significant other, you can't be at the home that they're at, anything like that.”

“you can request what's called a keep the peace order a keep the peace order is an order issued by a judge and what that does is it's a piece of paper that you get you take to the sheriffs and the sheriffs will go with you to your home making sure that nothing happens they're there to kind of keep the beast which is why it's called keep the peace order and you have about 10 to 15 minutes to go in grab some clothes grab some toilet tease get what you need out of the house and then you have to leave again”

“you can request what's called a keep the peace order a keep the peace order is an order issued by a judge and what that does is it's a piece of paper that you get you take to the sheriffs and the sheriffs will go with you to your home”

“So the question is, how do you get access to your things, because clearly, if you're living together, let's say your husband and wife, and you're charged, you need to be able to get things from your home, and you're not allowed to go there. Because a protection order prevents you from going home. What happens in this situation is judges will issue a keep the peace order in court, you may hear lawyers refer to it as a case to keep the peace order is basically an order that the judge gives you saying, okay, take this to law enforcement. And this order will allow you to act as your house for a very limited amount of time, generally, you have about 15 minutes. So the way that you do this is if you get to keep the peace order, you go to the law enforcement agency nearest to your house, ask them for a civil assist, they're going to see that keep the peace order law enforcement, one or two members of law enforcement will accompany to your house and allow you to go into your house and collect basic essential things.”

“And you're not getting charged with a violation of a protection order, because you actually have a court order saying you're allowed to do this. And the other thing to remember is you're not allowed to take anything that isn't yours. In other words, you can't take shared items, you can't get to keep the peace order and go over the house and then 15 minutes, I don't know if it's possible, but 15 minutes, clear out the whole house, that's not allowed, you are only allowed to take what is actually yours.”

“So we recommend people get their passports, get their IDs, get any important information, any passwords, keys, anything like that, that they may need, laptop computers, chargers, basic toiletries, changes of clothes, and make sure that you get in and get out and don't cause any issues whatsoever with law enforcement.”