Servicing of protection orders . Protection orders often did not serve the purpose they are intended for in that they were not adequately enforced and the victim continued to suffer abuse despite the serving of the protection order. . The cost implications for serving a protection order were not applied uniformly across the country. . Some police officers were reluctant to serve protection orders and in some instances even refused to do so. The undue delay in serving a protection order on an assailant placed the victim in grave danger.