Getting the Cops to Do a Bounty Hunters Job

This article floored me. Chapman was about to lose his bond, so he asked the PD to catch this dude? AND THEY DID??????? Now, from reading this board, I don't think that is a common thing. Did they do it just becuz of who he is?

Pacifica Police to be Featured on Dog the Bounty Hunter:

August 2005

According to the August 3rd 2005 edition of the Pacifica Tribune, our Police will be featured on an upcoming episode of Dog the Bounty Hunter. When reading the story in the local paper, the Pacifica Tribune, in its usual police supporting fashion, spun the story without asking any hard questions. I always wonder what news the Pacifica Tribune prints, but that is another article entirely. Anyway, I was left with a lot of unanswered questions after reading this so called "news" article.

The story was about a guy who was on the run in Hawaii for a drug possession charge. It was Dog the Bounty Hunters Bounty and he was about to lose his money. He then called on local Law Enforcement and they captured his bounty in Pacifica for him.

First, I immediately wondered how Dog, whose real name is Duane Chapman, was able to get two police departments to chase down his bounty. In addition, I wondered why either the Daly City or Pacifica Police department were concerned about the Bounty hunter loosing his money. IS ANYONE AWAKE?? The bounty hunter is responsible for their bounties, not local law enforcement! But, I have to give Duane credit, he was able to manipulate both the Pacifica and Daly City police departments into doing his dirty work and making sure he did not lose any money. Smart guy no doubt.

Anyway, so as I read through the story, I then realized what was in it for both police departments. It then stated that the incident would be on an upcoming edition of Dog the Bounty Hunter and then I realized that 15 minutes of fame was more then enough to get two police departments involved with capturing Duane's bounty.

Now, to get back to more questions, how is it, that the Pacifica Police department, who say they are strapped for cash and do not have enough police officers, are able to chase down people for a bounty hunter? Not too long ago Pacifica had a major power outage and many citizens from both Pacifica and Half Moon Bay were stuck in traffic through Linda Mar due to the stop lights being out. Many people called the police department and were told that Pacifica did not have enough police to direct traffic. One police officer at the intersection of Highway one and Linda Mar Blvd would have eased congestion, but instead they were busy giving out tickets to people dropping their kids off at Oddstad school (which was Ocean Shores for a short time). You may be thinking, what does this have to do with Dog the Bounty Hunter? The point is, how can the Pacifica Police department, who claim they do not have enough police to direct traffic during a power outage send two police officers and a K9 to catch a man for Dog The Bounty Hunter.

In the story it said the suspect might have a firearm, yet no mention was made if he actually had any firearm. This usually means he did not have a firearm. Sounds like an incredible waste of money and man power for a petty drug charge in my opinion. In addition, I wonder if whomever suggested he might have a firearm is being questioned if he did not have a firearm? Did this person lie in order to get the police to track him down? Some say reality is stranger then fiction, and I tend to agree.

The Bondsman has a financial interest in recovering his skip, the police have a duty to uphold the law so each have their own separate reasons for going after a fugitive, it's not at all unusual for a bondsman or BEA to request assistance from the police, if the skip is particularly dangerous BEA's will often call the police after they locate him and let them make the arrest.

Most BEA's are in business to make money and don't have any cameras to put on a show for, so letting the Police who are usually better equipped arrest a dangerous skip makes sense from a liability standpoint.

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Chuck

Thank you Chuck. That makes a lot of sense when looked at it from that persepective.

No comment.

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Lance Allen Wilkinson
Recoveries by L.A.W.
Serving since 1984
“What is sought is found... what is overlooked escapes” (Oedipus Rex)

Serving a warrant is not "dirty work," in my opinion.

I can find no culpability on the part of police who act on information that will result in the arrest of a fugitive.

To find fault in doing so is to subscribe to the notion that any information provided to police that results in the arrest of a wanted fugitive is wrong, and I disagree with such a perspective.

However, California law in these types of matters is relatively clear inasmuch that a person may not even "investigate" a forfeited bond in California without first meeting state requirements.

That someone calls from out-of-state presents something of a paradox.

Rex

Loopholes.

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If there is an extraditable warrent for the skips arrest the pd has aduty to serve that warrent if the skips whereabouts are know-if the pd do not and the skip commits another crime if the person injured sues the pd the pd can loose the case because of deriliction of duty--it has happened before

I have had Law Enforcement do the work for me when it was out of state and I was 100% positive that the individual was at the place I wanted them to check. We just had this done in Arizona last week which is quite an accomplishment because Maricopa County can not stand anyone of us in this business. I guess my wife has the touch, she got them to do the arrest.

I also use LE whenever I can. Like I have stated before, I have been in the Biz since 1984 and during that time, I have located and assisted in the re-arrest of over 1,300 individuals, in 47 states and 5 countries.

Now, have I "actually" been to each state and country? The answer is NO!

From my years in The Biz and being prior LE, I know how to talk "cop". I also know how to get UFAP warrants issued and get the FBI and US Marshall's involved. I am well known within LE circles and when I call, they respond. When the Skip is re-arrested, I still get paid, regardless "who" slapped the cuffs on. It is all about the CONTRACT I have with the Bondsman.

Also, while I am chasing Skips here in Texas, I do NOT carry a weapon. All I carry is pepper spray, cuffs & a AirTazer. I dress in either blue jeans or docker slacks, with my company polo shirt. I reallly get a laugh out of indivdiuals who think they need to carry "heavy fire-power" and dress in black SWAT attire.

Who here knows the parable about the Old Bull & Young Bull standing on a hilltop, over-looking the heard?

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- Kingdom of Heaven