Bail Enforcement, Bounty Hunting, and Private Investigation

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