For bail bondsmen and bounty hunters everywhere, Duane “Dog” Chapman is certainly a controversial figure. Dog the bounty hunter, for better or worse, is generally considered to be the most famous bounty hunter in the business today. Thanks to the …
National news was all over the high-intensity search for Richard Matt and David Sweat—two extremely dangerous killers who escaped from the Clinton Correctional Facility on June 6. So it is no surprise that celebrity bounty hunter Duane “Dog” Chapman joined …
While most professionals do not want more regulation, the bail bond industry in Connecticut firmly supported legislation to rein in rogue bounty hunters. Connecticut is one of many states that looked into reforming its bail bond procedures. These changes had …
Up until July 1, 2015, Minnesota law allows a bail bondsman to drive a vehicle that looks like a police car and dress like a peace officer. The only way a bounty hunter would violate the law in this case …
Frustrated with the high volume of bike thefts in New Orleans, bicycle riders decided to take matters into their own hands. They set up a Facebook group called Stolen Bikes NOLA and set up a stakeout to catch a man …
Oklahoma’s new law requiring bounty hunters to be licensed by the state hit the headlines recently when police arrested a convicted sex offender who was illegally working as a bounty hunter in Oklahoma City. James Henderson Jr. was working as …
While there are several ways to become a bounty hunter in Texas, all of them involve very specific training. You cannot just start up your own fugitive recovery company if you don’t meet the standards of the Texas Department of …
It is not often that crime dramas feature kickass female bounty hunters, but Person of Interest did so on March 24, 2015. In this CBS sci-fi series, the lead character, former CIA Agent John Reese, is alerted of imminent terrorist …
Most states require that bounty hunters be licensed given the demanding and potentially violent nature of their work. Oklahoma recently instituted a law that bounty hunters must be certified through the Council on Law Enforcement Education and Training (CLEET). Such …