A family member is receiving threats because of me

Get the family member to a safe location.

Out of the house if the threat referenced the address. Somewhere the threat actor has not been mentioned — a relative on a different broker page, not a known neighbor.

Capture every threat before it disappears.

Screenshots of texts, DMs, posts, comment threads. Voicemails saved as audio files. Letters photographed front and back. Timestamps and account names visible.

Tell your supervisor now, not later.

A threat against your family is a threat against you on the job. Departments and agencies treat it that way when you flag it early. Waiting reads as concealment.

Loop in your threat-assessment liaison.

Most departments and agencies have one — sometimes called intelligence, sometimes a watch supervisor, sometimes hospital or court security. They have the contacts and the protocol. Use them.

Have the family member file their own report.

Their local jurisdiction. Threats against them are crimes against them. Their report stands alongside yours, and it matters in court if charges follow.

Lock down their accounts.

Social media to private or paused. Phone to do-not-disturb with allowlist. Email forwarding off. Anything public that confirms the home address gets pulled.

Notify any school, workplace, or care facility.

Schools can flag unfamiliar pickups. HR can document unfamiliar callers. Senior facilities can restrict visitors. Most will act on a written request the same day.

Get the threats into your agency record.

Email your chain of command with a summary, the screenshots, and what protective steps are underway. Creates the paper trail that supports federal escalation later.

Audit who has the home address.

School emergency forms, gym memberships, doctor records, online orders. Anything that does not strictly need it gets a PO box or a work address instead.

Run a free scan on the whole household.

See the free scan. Scan you, the family member, anyone at a linked address. The result shows which broker pages currently carry the connection a threat actor used.

Start broker cleanup across every household member.

Brokers cross-reference relatives. Closing only your record leaves the spouse, parent, or adult kid still linked to the address on a separate page.

For NJ households, file Daniel's Law demands for spouses, parents, and minor kids living at the same residence.

See Daniel's Law. Covered family members at the same address get the same protections — $1,000 per violation if a broker fails to remove within ten business days.

Push for federal charges if the threat references violence.

Federal statutes cover threats against family members of officers, judges, and federal personnel, especially when made across state lines or online. The local FBI field office handles these.

Request external threat assessment.

When a department or agency lacks the capacity, federal partners or contract providers will work the case. Your supervisor can route the request.

Move the family member temporarily.

A relative out of state, a hotel, an agency safe house if your jurisdiction has one. Two weeks is usually enough to break the immediate pattern while the legal layer catches up.

Continuous broker cleanup for every household member.

Brokers re-list within 3-6 months. Continuous coverage re-checks every two weeks across 200+ broker sites and re-files the same day anyone reappears.

Treat the household as one unit.

Same address records, shared phone plans, joint property records. The broker page that links you to a parent or spouse is the page a threat actor uses to reach them.

Annual family privacy review.

Quick review of every place that has the home address. Schools, doctors, subscriptions, online accounts. Most can be switched to a PO box without affecting service.