Stalking is actually a bigger problem than you would think. Like take my friend Sue she started dating a guy that she met online and first everything was just going along fine. They went out on a few dates and all seem okay, and then after only about a month he started acting all possessive and strange, so she broke it off with him. Well, that is when it started. The phone calls, I am not just saying once or twice, but hundreds per day. If she answered, he would call back. If she didn't, he would call back. She decided to change her number, which actually backfired because then he began following her around and showing up at her house and her classes. Mostly he would just hang out and stare at her, sometimes he would talk to her. It was an extremely scary situation and finally I told her that she needed to get a restraining order against him, because he was definitely over the top and she felt like she couldn't go anywhere that he wasn't. She was also afraid that if he saw her talking to a guy that he might hurt him, so this insured that she stayed away from men. She was becoming completely miserable.
I went with Sue to file for the restraining order and when we went the police officer very nicely told us that there are many instances of stalking each year, and that sometimes they turn deadly. They said although a restraining order will help, it will not completely protect her and if she was scared of this guy then her best bet would be to get a security camera installed in her car and home and also get alarm monitoring system, so that anytime an alarm sounds someone will come to her rescue day or night. The security news on campus is that more and more crime is starting to occur on campus and that the buddy system is also a good idea to keep people safe.
Well, Sue is going to get an alarm system, and I am going to move in with her for now. This way we can function on the buddy system, so neither of us needs to be alone. I know that will make both of us feel better.