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Where
can I find the online application for seminars... ?
Select the SEMINARS
button at the left margin, it will let you see the
upcoming dates. At the very bottom, there is a
hyperlink you can click on for the online
application which can be filled out online,
downloaded or printed directly.
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Why
doesn't anybody know how to get into bail
enforcement... ?
This is NOT an
unusual question. You'd be shocked how many people
do not know the proper terminology, the how's and
whys, etc. It started in the old west with people
such as Wyatt Earp and Doc Holliday to name a few.
Since then, it's been hyped in the movies as being a
Bounty-Hunter. But prior to anybody paying close
attention to TV, the movies and whatnot, most
thought it never existed other than long ago. The
most that police maybe able to tell you that it's a
lucrative business, but nobody can tell you where to
start. That's where we come in. To educate the
un-educated and teach you the tricks and tools of
the trade. Most people only know it as TV/Movie
stuff, but it's REAL! We are no longer considered
Bounty-Hunters. That's old slang. As professionals,
we are now referred to as Bail Enforcement Agents or
Fugitive Recovery Agents.
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Who is
Scott Olson & Paul
Coulis... ?
Scott
Olson,
Executive Director of the
National Institute of Bail Enforcement,
Inc.
Scott
is the author
of numerous articles
on the Bail
Enforcement Industry and Fugitive
Recovery Agents
Field Manual. Scott
also has made
numerous appearances on National TV
representing the Bail Enforcement
Industry and is an active professional
recovery agent for over 15 years.
Now he is your guide to success in the
field of Fugitive Recovery.
Paul
A. Coulis,
National Training Director of the Institute.
Paul is NIBE’s National Training
Director and is President and Executive
Director of the National Enforcement
Agency, LLC (NEA), a professional
association of bail enforcement agents,
private investigators, bail bondsmen,
and others. He has worked as a private
investigator; bail enforcement agent;
instructor; armed security officer; and
biomedical and legal consultant since
1996. Paul recently “retired” from a
28-year career as a research scientist;
marketing and business development
manager in several U.S. and
multi-national biomedical corporations;
university faculty member; and most
recently, as a Scientific Program
Officer and chairman of a drug addiction
research grants review committee at the
National Institutes of Health near
Washington, D.C. He is a Vietnam-era
U.S. Navy veteran whose duties included
intelligence and shipboard security.
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What is the difference
between being a bounty-hunter and a Bail
Enforcement Agent... ?
As we
mentioned above. It's the old slang from the
western days, TV and movies. We as
professionals would rather be referred to as
the latter.
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When is
the next seminar in my home town...
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Seminars vary all over the country.
As it stands, you'll just have to
keep an eye out on our seminar
listings for new schedules that come
out on a regular basis. It's
popularity has grown so much that
it's harder than ever to be
everywhere. We do however have them
on regular intervals located in
Chicago if
you are willing to get there!
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What is
the National Institute of Bail
Enforcement... ?
The
Institute is a training facility
offering skills necessary to succeed
in the field of bail arrest.
Essentially, we teach the laws,
language, tracking skills,
transportation, contracting,
handcuffing, foreign operations,
fees, and advertising knowledge
necessary to succeed in this trade.
Essentially, the National Institute
of Bail Enforcement is not an
Association and we do not claim to
be. We are a training and networking
facility. All our agents are welcome
to call the institute at any time
with questions or problems
concerning themselves, the field or
the institute. All our graduates are
welcome to join other associations
as well, but no other associations
will be able to equal what the
National Institute of Bail
Enforcement has to offer.
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Isn't it mostly Hunting
Fugitives... ?
That is the overall thrust
of the business, but the key
word is "business."
Advertising skills,
management of resources,
sub-contracting arrests,
local and Federal laws,
contracts, etc., all play a
major part of this business.
Some agents need to know
where it is a Felony to have
anything over two-percent
pepper gas in one's
possession. Or where it is
actually legal to have
handcuffs in your possession
without a good reason. Or
what to do if, when
handcuffing a prisoner, they
state they need their
"medicine", or a small child
comes out of a room and you
are handcuffing to take away
the only guardian at the
scene. What do you do with
the child? These problems
are addressed at the
Institute. The complexities
of this unique form of
contractual arrest must be
confronted and addressed
daily.
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Don't police
have to help you... ?
In a word: NOPE! Many
officers will do a "keep the
peace" call, just stand by
in the cruiser for the
effect of their presence.
Many departments, however,
send out advisories against
their officers taking part
in what is, in fact, a
private arrest. In most
cases, however, officers can
be counted on to do a
pro-active standby.
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Can
recovery agents
really enter
houses...?
Yes and No. We may
enter the house of
the subject fugitive
if we can determine
beyond a reasonable
doubt it is his/her
dwelling. We cannot
enter homes of third
parties or friends
on "fishing
expeditions", i.e.,
just looking for the
fugitive. The
defendant gave us
permission to enter
his house in the
bail bond contract.
He, in essence,
waived his rights in
the contract to
extradition and
dwelling entry. This
waiving of rights
has been upheld by
all high state
courts and the U.S.
Supreme Court
(Taylor Vs Taintor).
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Does the bail
enforcement agent
have a vast amount
of arrest
authority... ?
Yes, but in a very
narrow niche,
pertaining to one
fugitive. That
fugitive, in waiving
his rights to the
bonding agent, is
now fair game to a
bail arrest
throughout the
United States. The
bail enforcement
agent, once
arresting the
fugitive, is now
devoid of arrest
authority (save that
of any citizen in a
private arrest)
until the bonding
agent has another
case for the agent.
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The arrest power
comes from where...
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The licensed bail
bond agent is vested
with arrest
authority by the
state he/she is
licensed in. They
are also given the
power to delegate
that arrest party to
a third party, i.e.
a recovery agent.
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Why would a
bail bond
agent
delegate
that power,
why not
arrest
themselves...
?
Many bail
bond agents
(almost 40%)
are women
and they
don't want
to have to
go out and
occasionally
wrestle some
druggie.
Many bonding
agents are
very busy
and too busy
running the
shop to do
long hours
of
surveillance
or
arresting.
Many agents
are later in
their years
and are not
interested
and many
simply don't
want to do,
or cannot
do, criminal
investigations.
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Can we
operate
Nationally...
?
Yes and No.
Some states
have statues
against bail
arrest:
Oregon,
Kentucky,
Illinois.
Florida
passed
statues
recently
that say
it's a
felony to
even say you
are a bail
enforcement/bounty
hunter.
Texas is
still a
clouded
case, based
on recent
court
decisions.
It is always
best to
check with
Operations
at the
Institute,
should you
be a
Certified
Agent.
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