There's a protest at my house

Get the family to a known room.

Pick the interior room farthest from the street. Kids, spouse, dog. Phone with you. Door locked. Window blinds closed.

Do not engage from the porch.

No window appearances. No yelling. No photos taken from the doorway. A single visible response can become the clip that drives the next wave.

Document from inside.

Video through a window with a clear timestamp showing on-screen. Pan the crowd, the signs, any license plates visible. Keep filming continuously rather than short clips — continuous footage holds up better as evidence.

Call local PD non-emergency.

Not 911 unless someone is breaching the property or making explicit threats. Tell them there is a protest at your address, you are the resident, and you want a unit aware. Give them the size and tone.

Notify your chain of command.

Supervisor, watch commander, court security, or threat-assessment liaison. They will want to know whether this connects to an open case, a recent ruling, an arrest, or a press cycle. They may also want to coordinate with the responding patrol unit.

Notify household members not at home.

Spouse at work. Kids at school or with grandparents. Tell them what is happening, tell them where to go if it follows them, and tell them not to come home until you say so.

Pull the doorbell-cam and exterior-cam clips.

Save and download the last hour of footage to a local drive or cloud backup. Some camera vendors auto-delete after 30 days on the free tier. Lock the clips down now.

Know the threshold for escalation.

Crossing onto your property is criminal trespass. Damage to anything — door, car, lawn — is property damage. Specific threats of violence are criminal threats. Any of those moves it from First Amendment activity to a chargeable offense. Document the moment it happens.

File a report on every chargeable act.

Even small property damage. Even minor trespass. The report establishes the pattern that supports a no-trespass order or a restraining order if the same group returns.

Talk to the kids.

Brief, factual, no panic. They saw what they saw and will fill in gaps with their imagination if you do not give them the simple version. Tell them they did the right thing by staying inside.

Run a free scan on the household.

See the free scan. The address that ended up on the flyer almost certainly came from a broker page. Same scan for spouse and parents — the next protest may target a relative's address.

Start the broker cleanup.

Either DIY across the major brokers or have us run continuous coverage. The protest is the symptom; the broker pages are the source. Close the source and the next group cannot find you.

For NJ residents, file Daniel's Law demands.

See Daniel's Law. $1,000 per violation in statutory damages if a broker fails to remove within ten business days.

Loop in federal channels.

If the protests are coordinated across multiple addresses, repeat over weeks, or include explicit threats, the local FBI field office handles organized targeting of officers, judges, and other public officials. Bring the camera footage, the report numbers, and the social-media calls that organized the action.

Move temporary if the protests keep returning.

A hotel for a week is not retreat — it is a tactic. The protest organizers lose interest when the address goes quiet. Some departments and agencies will cover the cost. Use the protocol if it exists.

Continuous broker cleanup.

A one-time opt-out is a delay, not a fix. Most brokers re-list within 3-6 months. We re-check every two weeks across 200+ broker sites and re-file the same day you reappear.

Sweep the household.

Brokers list you alongside spouse, parents, and adult kids on the same page. Closing one address closes the others. The next flyer that finds a relative is the same risk to you.

Recurring confirmation, not a one-time setup.

Every quarter, re-run the scan and confirm the address pages are still empty. Brokers reappear silently — the only way to know is to check.