course description
The business of bail enforcement 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 over 5000 bail bondsman!
This course is approved for 14 hours of instruction in Texas, Oklahoma, Oregon, and Iowa; 12 hours in Tennessee and Kentucky; 8 hours in Louisiana and Kansas, and Georgia; 10 hours in South Carolina; 4 hours in New Mexico. 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 state licensing authority standards.
the author
L. Scott Harrell has been a professional investigator for over 17 years and is a leading figure in the bail enforcement industry. He began a career in the intelligence and investigations tradecraft when selected to work with several intelligence units while serving our country in the United States Navy. Since his discharge, Scott has continued to apply the very special skills honed in the military through his own private investigation / bail enforcement practice and service within the private security industry. Scott has worked with Fortune 500 companies, owned and managed two very successful agencies in Texas, Florida and Louisiana. He is also a noted speaker, mentor and author of eight (8) investigation-related books.
program outline
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
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
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
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
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
