APPREHENDING BAIL FUGITIVES:

Finding and taking bond forfeitures into custody

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COURSE DESCRIPTION:

 

The business of bail enforcement, often referred to as bounty hunting,  is changing at break-neck speed.  This highly lucrative type of assignment often captures the imaginations of many investigators who do not know where to acquire a working knowledge of this industry in which Private Investigators work.  This course is designed to teach and develop basic operating techniques and methodologies while contracting with bail bond agencies to apprehend defendants who have failed to appear for bond secured court dates.  The course of instruction will introduce topics from marketing bail recovery services through surveillance methods and closing bail investigation assignments. Crucial legal and ethical standards are discussed as well as.

 

Our course has been received with huge reviews from the best and brightest in the industry and has just received "exemplary recognition" by members of The Professional Bondsmen of the United States (PBUS), an association of thousands of bail bondsmen!

 

An exam will be administered upon the conclusion of the program.  If the candidate passes with a score of 75% or better, a certificate of completion will be issued in accordance with CPI standards.

 

 

THE AUTHOR:

Scott Harrell, the founder of CompassPoint Investigations, has been protecting corporate assets for over 10 years.  He has worked with four Fortune 500 companies and now consults with small to medium sized business owners.  As an accomplished Surety Investigator Scott consistently completes quality investigations.  As a result, his customers have saved millions of dollars that would have been lost in Bond Forfeitures.  His work as an Insurance Fraud Investigator has saved his clients hundreds of thousands of dollars in fraudulent and inflated insurance claims.

 

PROGRAM OUTLINE:

     I            INTRODUCTION

                       

                        HISTORY OF BAIL ENFORCEMENT

                        HOW THE BAIL SYSTEM WORKS

                        WHO CAN BE A BAIL BONDMAN’S AGENT?

                        HOW TO GET STARTED IN THIS BUSINESS

 

     II            MARKETING

 

                        YOUR POTENTIAL MARKET

                        UNDERSTANDING THEIR PAIN

                        HOW MUCH IS THE PAIN WORTH?

                        OFFERING TO ALLEVIATE THE PAIN

                        PROFESSIONALISM

                        POSITIONING

                        NETWORKING

                        MAKING IT EASY TO DO BUSINESS WITH YOUR COMPANY

 

     III            BEGINNING THE BAIL INVESTIGATION

 

                        THE BAIL APPLICATION

                        THE INDEMNITOR’S AGREEMENT

                        THE BAIL BOND

                        SKIP TRACING

                        PRETEXTING

                        PRETEXT SCENARIOS AND EXAMPLES

                        DATABASE SOURCES

                        REAL-TIME AND HISTORICAL TELEPHONE INFORMATION

                        CREDIT HEADERS AND CONSUMER CREDIT REPORTS

                        MOTOR VEHICLE REGISTRATION AND LICENSING

                        OTHER SKIP TRACING SOURCES

                        PHONE-BASED SKIP TRACING SYSTEMS

                        WORKING WITH THE INDEMNITOR

                        SKIP TRACER’S CHECKLIST

FINDING HOMELESS DEFENDANTS

                        CONDUCTING FIELD INTERVIEWS

                        INTERPRETING BEHAVIOR AND DETECTING DECEPTION

                        SURVEILLANCE

                        CHOOSING A SURVEILLANCE VEHICLE

                        TAILING METHODS AND TACTICS

                        FINDING AND DEVELOPING INFORMANTS

                        WANTED POSTERS

 

     IV            APPREHENDING THE FUGITIVE

 

                        PRIOR TO THE APPREHENSION

                        EQUIPMENT INVENTORY AND REVIEW

                        WEAPONS AND CONCEALED CARRY

                        IDENTIFICATION OF THE BAIL ENFORCEMENT AGENT

                        WORKING WITH LAW ENFORCEMENT

                        GETTING THE DEFENDANT INTO CUSTODY

                        SURVIVAL SKILL AND TRAINING

                        PHYSICAL TRAINING

                        USE OF FORCE

                        THE LIABILITY OF APPLYING HANDCUFFS

                        TRANSPORTING DEFENDANTS

                        UNIFORM CRIMINAL EXTRADITION ACT

                        OTHER FORMS OF BOND EXONERATION

 

     V     THE LEGAL AND ETHICAL ASPECTS OF BAIL ENFORCEMENT

 

                        REVIEW OF THE POWER OF BOUNTY HUNTERS

                        CRIMINAL VIOLATIONS

                        GRAMM-LEACH-BLILEY

                        FAIR CREDIT REPORTING ACT

                        FAIR DEBT COLLECTION PRACTICES ACT

                        ETHICS IN BAIL ENFORCEMENT

                        CONCLUSION