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| Author: | SURETYRISKMANAGEMENT [ Fri 17 Jan 2014 15:04 ] |
| Post subject: | Crime Beat: The ins and outs of bail bonds |
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| Author: | speezack [ Wed 02 Apr 2014 11:58 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Crime Beat: The ins and outs of bail bonds |
I just posted this.......... Quote: Commercial bail has worked for many years and if done properly, by licensed professional bondsmen, it is the best way to keep a handle on those awaiting their court appearance. If you want to know how bail works when implemented by the state or the city, you need look no further than Philadelphia. I think all involved in that experiment would agree, it is a train wreck. No one goes after the FTA's and when a defendant on bail finds out he has no basic responsibility to return to court, he may choose not to … and the backlog owed the city is in the millions and it can only get worse as time moves on. Hopefully commercial bail, if done properly and regulated fairly, will prove to be the way to go. One other thing... it is totally self supporting, no tax dollars support commercial bail, something that cannot be said of state agencies... and that is only one of many good reasons to maintain commercial bail.
Yes, there are bondsman that are rather unethical, just as there are attorneys, judges and even police officers but I can tell you that there are also many in this business that are very professional and do their job honestly and ethically. Unfortunately, the media generally and usually only focuses on the bad eggs. It is good to see a positive story on our industry ; there are many that go unreported. |
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| Author: | Mdbtyhtr [ Wed 02 Apr 2014 14:31 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Crime Beat: The ins and outs of bail bonds |
Excellent response Bill. The issue remains that if the threat of a warrant is sufficient to motivate a defendant to leave the state, and no longer commit crimes in the wanting jurisdiction, they have succeeded. Because the state is aware of the cost of adjudication and incarceration, repeatedly on offenders it is cheaper to let them run and stay ourt of their system completely. The answer is very similar to the Peter Principle espoused by author and professor Tom Peters, Stanford Professor, who taught that it was easier to promote an employee in the government, out of your department than to fire them. This gives the problem child to somebody else, and the resulting promotions eventually puts the most unprepared in positions of authority and results in incompetence. Follow the dollar! Scott |
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| Author: | speezack [ Thu 03 Apr 2014 07:37 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Crime Beat: The ins and outs of bail bonds |
Mdbtyhtr wrote: <<>> The answer is very similar to the Peter Principle espoused by author and professor Tom Peters, Stanford Professor, who taught that it was easier to promote an employee in the government, out of your department than to fire them. This gives the problem child to somebody else, and the resulting promotions eventually puts the most unprepared in positions of authority and results in incompetence.Follow the dollar!Scott ... and the dollar is absolutely what the motivation is behind government becoming involved in pretty much anything... I know there may be those in politics, that are initially motivated by the "do gooder" mentality... but after a while, the status quo takes over, the power takes over, the money takes over, the "we know better than the people" and human nature being what it is... turns the direction in different directions... and that is all this is about... Scott makes the best point and unfortunately, I still think there is nothing that can be done about it.... because just as Ben Franklin said hundreds of years ago... to paraphrase... "when the people (and that includes those in power), find they can vote themselves money... all is lost"... that short statement, IMHO... says it all and describes in spades, what is happening all across the country... |
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