[embedded content]How Bail Bonds Work by AboutBail AboutBail recently launched a video for the bail bond industry and bail bond agents that walks potential clients through the bail bond process. It covers the process in an easy to understand format from the arrest through exoneration. This video is free for bail agents to use on […]

You may have heard the term “local search” recently and wondered what it is and how it can help bail agents market their businesses. Local search basically ensures that people can find your business online when searching for local terms such as “Bail Bonds Denver” or wherever your business may be located. This is accomplished […]

Although the private bail industry in Colorado suspected that trouble was brewing, most everyone was still blindsided by the swift introduction of Senate Bill 11-186, a bill that could potentially do major damage to the livelihood of Colorado bail agents. Simply put, SB 11-186 would likely put around 485 Colorado bail agents out of business, […]

According to recent statistics from the Federal Bureau of Investigation, violent crime is down nationwide and fewer arrests by law enforcement are being made. A 2009 report by the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) found that local jail populations dropped by 2.3 percent from 2008 to 2009. This is the first decline in the U.S. […]

If you weren’t able to make it to the PBUS 30th Anniversary Winter Conference, you can still benefit from the knowledge that was shared there. Adam Camras, AboutBail.com CEO, gave a presentation to a business-minded group of bail agents titled “Succeeding Where Others Fail: Growing Your Bail Agency in Challenging Times.” During the talk, Camras […]

Many in the bail bonds industry are happy to start a new year after a difficult 2010. The average bail bondsman faced pressure from things such as a harsh economic climate, increased regulatory scrutiny and unpopular pretrial release programs. The issues are only compounded when the public and regulators read stories that portray bail bonds […]

Titus County Commissioners, after an hours’ worth of discussion and deliberation Monday, unanimously voted to implement a county bail bonds board, effective Oct. 1, 2011. A county bail bond board is responsible for licensing and regulating bail bond companies operating in a county, in accordance with Chapter 1704, Regulation of Bail Bond Sureties, of the […]

Bounty hunters and bail bondsmen have a bad rap: The American Bar Association calls their line of work “tawdry,” and Supreme Court Justice Harry Blackmun declared it “odorous.” But bounty hunters have an unlikely ally: Alex Tabarrok, an economist at George Mason University, who argues in The Wilson Quarterly that bounty hunters are “unsung” heroes […]

DENVER (AP) — A political group that pushed unsuccessfully to require bail bonds in more criminal cases in Colorado has been fined for campaign finance violations. Safe Streets Colorado was fined $12,200 for improper reporting before raising money to put the bonds question on ballots last year. The proposal would have made it harder for […]