Bail Enforcement/Fugitive Recovery Agents are responsible for lawfully arresting and bringing back into custody those who jump bail or violate their conditions of the bond.
Our online and campus based training will prepare the agent for a professional role in the recovery profession and provide all areas of instruction for a successful career in bail enforcement services.
Topics Covered Include:
- Understanding the role of a fugitive recovery agent
- Distinguishing-understanding the laws that apply
- Technological methods of skip tracing
- Methods of surveillance
- Field investigations
- Physical arrest and search techniques and limits
- Establishing a bail enforcement agency
Typical Tasks
Specific tasks typically required of a Bail enforcement agent includes skip-tracing, surveillance, shadowing suspected fugitives and apprehension of “bail jumpers.”
Potential Positions
Bail enforcement agents work primarily for bonding companies apprehending fugitives who have failed to appear in court and meet their bond requirements.
Employment Outlook
The bail enforcement profession has been recognized by US courts for many years and as local law enforcement continues to be understaffed and with few financial resources to locate bail jumpers, the private bail enforcement industry is seeing a substantial growth.
Online/campus based
Prerequisite: High School Diploma
Program Length: As few as 6 Months
Payment Options Are Available