Bounty Hunter Questions and Some Thoughts

[Kinman]

I had a buddy years ago that had always wanted to be a Bounty Hunter. He would talk about it often, he was a supervisor at a Transit Facility, eventually burned out with the company b.s. Took his retirement, moved away and went to Bounty Hunter School. He got hired and went to work, mostly skip tracing, serving warrants, etc. He kept after management that he wanted to go on a big call, they reserved those for their experienced guys. He was a large guy and knew his way around. The big day came, they fitted him out with a vest and carry piece. As he later related to me when he came home to visit, he was the first guy through the door after they busted it down. He said the guy was sitting in a recliner watching t.v. when he came through the door, the guy brought up a heavy 1911 and shot my friend dead center in the chest. He said when he recovered in the hospital he had a dark bruise from nipple to nipple and never went back for another taste of being a Bounty Hunter.

 

[venomballistics]

Dog's priority is being a TV star first. (In my opinion, he is NOT succeeding.) Being a quality bail bondsman is at the very bottom of his list of priorities.

especially evident in the Brian Laundrie case.
Seems to me he charged in on a high profile case without actually understanding the law of the land where he'd have to operate.

 

[Chuck24]

Just don’t pick up Charles Grodin, you’ll regret it.

 

[Onomea]

Bounty Law!

'BOUNTY LAW'. (Once Upon a Time in Hollywood) - YouTube

 

[Mule Packer]

I had a buddy years ago that had always wanted to be a Bounty Hunter. Took his retirement, moved away and went to Bounty Hunter School.

WHAT???!! They actually have a bounty hunter school? You gotta be kidding!! I dunno...normally, I would think that it doesn't sound like it would be setting one's sights very high. However, I could be wrong. After all, it seemed to work out pretty well for this guy.

 

[S-W4EVER]

I guess I’m lucky, I never ran into a Bail Enforcement Agent/Bounty Hunter or Repo man that wasn’t professional. I even helped one agent catch a bad guy that ran from him (when I was on duty). Anyone that helps get bad guys off the street is okay with me.

 

[ACORN]

WHAT???!! They actually have a bounty hunter school[/I

Probably advertised in the back of a comic book with the x-ray glasses and sea monkeys

 

[326MOD10]

In reference to some comments here I will add this. See the attachments.

I appreciate the thought out answers, both good and bad.

I did forget about one bail bondsman who I had contact with a few times, via the female half, who was not a good person. But he ran his own bail bond agency and had a place in the City I worked in just prior to his arrest.

Google Mike and Heather Jones out of Kansas City, KS. Sad and chilling story.

 

[charlie sherrill]

During my LEO career there were always bounty hunters and repo guys around. Occasionally I would get a call to assist one who was going after a high risk person. If there were no warrants I would not help the bounty hunter as there would be a lot of liability involved. Same with the repo guys if they didn't have a court order to seize a car, which they almost never had. The "Tote your note" car lot almost always kept a spare key but sometimes the car owner would make the car hard to retrieve, such as shooting the carburetor off of a pickup as one did. "You can have it now!" Several years ago "Mike" was doing roofing work in Florida after a hurricane. Mike would get the money up front and not show up and do the work. He was charged in Florida and extradited from Mississippi. He was bonded out by a company in Pensacola and never showed up for court. Mike came back to Mississippi and hid out at his sister's house in another county. John, the head bounty hunter for the bonding company, called me from Florida looking for Mike. Someone had told John I knew Mike. I told John I did know Mike and that I knew he was hiding at his sister's but I didn't know the sister or exactly where she lived. John was getting ready to give up on finding Mike until I said "I know how to catch him." I told John that the small town near where Mike was hiding had only one place that sold roofing shingles and roofing supplies and that if he would stake out that store sooner or later Mike would be there. They set up their stakeout the next morning with a catch team of John and five other guys. I went down there to get a few pieces of lumber and saw the catch team and figured out who John was and spoke to him and told him who I was. As I was getting ready to leave Mike pulled up and as he got out of his truck the bounty hunters grabbed him, put him in cuffs and leg irons, and locked him in the trunk of a car. During all of this a Remington Rand 1911 fell out of his belt. John gave me the 1911. I later ran it on NCIC and it wasn't reported stolen. John thanked me for the tip and said I'd be getting something in the mail in a few days. I watched them as they drove out of the parking lot headed back to Florida. Several days later I received a three night stay at Margaritaville. The grandkids had fun, the 1911 functioned well, and I didn't see Mike for a few years.

 

[Biggfoot44]

A good friend did this briefly ( before it was a thing om tv), and I've run into a cpl others over the years . Local pickups were 15% , out of town ( out of metro area ) was more plus expenses . Not overly crazy , and they provided a necessary service , not at taxpayer expense .

The current trend of doing away with Bail has both predictable , and unexpected results . Fewer defendants show up for court , but all the defendants who are held pretrial are disappointed .

 

[s&wchad]

We won’t solve anything here…

Done.