http://www.collateralmag.com A bail bond industry publication Thu, 26 Aug 2010 19:44:27 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en People are running low on trust these days after countless news stories filled with corporate corruption and shady business practices. At the same time the bail industry has seen its share of negative press and challenges, leaving indemnitors and criminal lawyers wondering who they can rely on to ethically and ... http://www.collateralmag.com/trusted-network-of-bail-agents-how-aboutbailcom-brings-professionalism-and-credibility-to-the-bail-industry/ PITT COUNTY, NC –  The Pitt County Bail Bondsman Agency has donated 50 backpacks to the Boys & Girls Clubs of Pitt County. The backpacks are filled with school supplies and are intended to help children start the school year with everything they need to succeed through the year. The ... http://www.collateralmag.com/bond-company-donates-to-boys-girls-clubs/ FAYETTEVILLE, NC – Fayetteville police say that bondsmen using social media have helped them capture a suspect. Leonard Jason Baker was arrested for conversion and police say that bondsman Bryan Myers of A1 Bail Bonds Inc. helped them find Baker. Myers was using his mobile phone when he noticed an ... http://www.collateralmag.com/social-media-savvy-bondsmen-help-capture-felons/ PHILADELPHIA, PA – Philadelphia’s Senate panel is considering ways to improve Philadelphia’s system for collecting bail. The panel considered alternatives to cash bails and using bondsmen to find the cash. The city now has 47,000 outstanding bench warrants and is owed approximately $1 billion in outstanding bail. The Clerk of ... http://www.collateralmag.com/philadelphia-considers-bail-money-solutions/ COLORADO SPRINGS, CO – Initiative 92 is a proposal which would allow only defendants facing a nonviolent first offence to be eligible for pretrial release programs. The proposal goes to voters in November. Opponents of the bill say that the proposal will cost the community $2.8 million a year in ... http://www.collateralmag.com/initiative-92/ [caption id="attachment_237" align="alignleft" width="250" caption="Bankers"][/caption] Despite being the second largest company of its kind, Bankers Surety Services maintains the friendly culture and personal touch of a much smaller business. Assistant Vice President Lisa Basta explained how establishing personal relationships with bail agents is one of the aspects that separates Bankers from ... http://www.collateralmag.com/bankers-surety-services-insures-bail-agents/ [caption id="attachment_237" align="alignleft" width="250" caption="Marketing Your Bail Business to College Students"][/caption] Every fall, a new batch of wide-eyed college freshmen enters dormitories or fraternity or sorority houses. Gone are the days when their parents are down the hall to monitor their activities. For some students, those days have been replaced by ... http://www.collateralmag.com/7-ways-to-market-your-bail-agency-to-college-students/ AUGUSTA, GA – A restaurant employee has told the North Augusta Public Safety officers that he has been scammed. He says he was contacted by telephone by someone claiming to be a bondsman in Colorado. The employee was convinced by this person that one of his co-workers was in jail ... http://www.collateralmag.com/employee-targeted-in-%e2%80%9cbondsman%e2%80%9d-scam/ WICHITA, KS – Court collections officer Kaylene J. "Katie" Pottorff has pleaded guilty to changing records in exchange for money from a bondsman. The bondsman paid Pottorff money so that she would alter records so that the bondsman would not have to be liable for bond forfeitures. Pottorff is one ... http://www.collateralmag.com/court-officer-pleads-guilty-in-bondsman-payoff-case/ LAFAYETTE, LA – Steven Guillory briefly escaped from authorities after being captured for missing his court date. Bondsmen arrested Guillory and were handing the felon over to deputies.   While the handcuffs were removed from Guillory for the process, he escaped.   Guillory was recaptured again within one hour.  Guillory was a ... http://www.collateralmag.com/an-inmate-escapes-as-bondsmen-hand-him-over/