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sudden valley gunner wrote:
massivedesign wrote:
I have kicked in a wrong door before... Want to know what I did?? Took the nice lady's son to Home Depot and picked out a new door. Spent the rest of the evening installing it for them. It was a townhouse and when I went next door to see if somebody could help me line up the door, the Skip answered... I lol'd as I placed him into custody...
Would you have blamed them if they shot you? I wouldn't.
Not that I am anti-bounty hunter just pro your home is your castle.
Up until this last century warrants were often given to citizens who could than go make arrests or retrieve property. Without law-enforcement. I think though the danger of getting shot or the hassle of getting a warrant would make most be damned sure they were in the right. Because there are court cases all the way to the Supreme court that ruled deadly force is your right in the case of a false arrest/warrant.
No, I would not have blamed them.... At no time during this thread have I said that people in the profession are immune, nor would I ever expect that. My main point was that "most" people in this profession will do TONS of due diligence to determine if a person of interest is behind that door. Any person who doesn't is careless and most likely to put himself in a very bad situation.
Back when I did it, the WACJTS didn't regulate us. We didn't have to go to a long training mini-boot camp. We did our own training, created our own policy and had a very good lawyer on retainer. Back then, there were a lot of people hunting, who should not have been. We got our contracts from the Bail Bondsmen and were an agent of them (and them only).
And, just to give you an idea... The cut (when we did it) was minimal.. If you had a bail of $10,000, the person only needed to put up 1k to the bail bondsmen, who would then put up the rest to release the person (the 1k is not refundable to the original person). When the accused returns to court etc, the bond is refunded back to the bondsmen and that 1k is his profit!! Now, if you skip, he is out 9k.. He hires us and gives us 10% of the OP's amount.. So, a 10k bail would net us $100 whopping bucks. Now, granted, 100k bail would give us 1k, but those didn't come very often.
All in all, in all the years of doing it (part time, evening weekends) our company made a profit of...... $20, total. After all the gas, meals insurance etc were paid.. $20... We didn't do it for the $$, we did it to protect the victims, to keep our neighborhood safe, and, well, it's a hell of a rush!