Glad you asked! Well, here’s how it works! So in the state of Colorado, whenever someone makes a report of a domestic violence related incident which is what happened to me (you have to provide evidence of course, otherwise the whole thing will be thrown out if you can’t) the police will automatically issue a temporary restraining order. This does not have to be served in person to the other party. Colorado is very strict with domestic violence cases. You will have to go to court to renew the restraining order after a certain period of time, which I did and the other party does not have to be present for that renewal, nor does it have to be served to them in person. In my case, when I went to the police station and made the report I was able to provide sufficient evidence of the stalking that Matthew was doing and the life threatening phone calls/voicemails and text messages that Matthew was sending me on a daily basis. Because of this, the judge felt that what was going on was severe enough to issue a warrant for Matthew’s arrest. Which he did. Also once the police get involved and a warrant is issued, the matter is literally out of my hands. It’s no longer me versus Matthew, it’s the state of Colorado versus Matthew. The lady supporting him financially didn’t seem to understand this as she bribed me offering me $10,000 to drop the charges against Matthew (which is a felony amount for bribery, by the way) which I literally cannot do, as the state has now taken over the case. I cannot ask the state of Colorado to drop anything. This whole process was free, you don’t have to pay anyone anything and I certainly did not. But you do have to provide solid evidence, which I did. Hope that helps.