28 It can also been seen that, apart from resorting to legal action, the respondents also attempted to get the protection of the Zimbabwe Republic Police. As can be seen from Table 13, those who obtained court orders were generally unsuccessful in getting the support of the ZRP in enforcing these orders. Of those that obtained court orders, only 6% were successful in getting the ZRP to enforce those orders, whilst it clearly took considerable effort to get these orders enforced, with most taking at least 4 attempts to get the ZRP to do their duty, but, as can be seen, the variation was enormous, with some taking up to 12 attempts to get this obligatory support. The majority sought the support of the ZRP in stopping the violence on the farms, and, on average, the respondents tried on 4 occasions, but some tried more than 10 times. The success rate, however, was very poor, and only 32% found that the ZRP were helpful. As can also been seen from Table 15, a high proportion [40%] reported that they witnessed the ZRP being intimidated, and an even higher proportion [62%] reported that the members of the ZRP they experienced as helpful were subsequently transferred from the station where they were based. There was a strong relationship between the reports of police members being intimidated and of police being transferred. 34 It was also interesting to note from the data, on further analysis, that there were a number of relationships found. The ZRP were more likely to offer help if the farmer was persistent. 35 However, it is evident that many farmers must have become disillusioned with the lack of response from the ZRP and gave up trying, as well as many farmers having to move off their farm due to the threats to their families. Overall, this is not a picture of the state supporting its citizens in the protection of their rights, and indicates, as was frequently reported in human rights reports since 2000, that the ZRP were either partisan, and hence refused to do their duty, or professional officers were intimidated into neglecting their duties, and even being punished for doing their duty. 34 35 Police intimidated v police transferred [0.44]. Tried to get police to stop violence v police being helpful [0.189; p=0.05]; Number of times tried to get police to stop violence v number of times police were helpful [p=0.00001]. A Preliminary Report on Human Rights Violations on Commercial Farms, 2000 to 2005.