It is sometimes insane the amount of calls that Big Boyz Bail Bonds receives on a weekly basis from people calling asking how to become a bounty hunter in Baltimore Maryland. My personal response to a lot of the people who inquire is, "Are you sure you want to become a bounty hunter?" or "Do you want to never have a good night of sleep again?" A lot of people, of course, get their opinions on bounty hunting from "Dog the Bounty Hunter." They see Dog running around with his team of bounty hunters during the day-time looking for all sorts of fugitives having a grand old time.
In reality, there is a lot more that goes into bounty hunting than one is made to believe on T.V. Before a bounty hunter knocks on or busts down a door there is an extraordinary amount of research that goes into each particular case. Fugitive Recovery agent Joey Orlando has been bounty hunting in Baltimore Maryland for over 13 years. He has seen just about everything in his tenure.
Bounty hunting in Baltimore is a truly daunting task because as the economy gets worse, and people get laid off their jobs, there is an increase of defendants out on bail moving from place to place and disconnected phone numbers. Before Agent Orlando (seen below) heads out on a skip trace he makes sure he has done his research. The bail bonds business is an information business, and without good information it makes it more difficult to track down the wanted fugitive.
The good thing about bounty hunting here in Baltimore Maryland is that the bonding company has up to 180 days to bring the defendant back into custody before the bond has to be paid out to the state. Once the bond has been paid the bonding company has 10 years to recoup their money. So time is on the bail bondsman's side. However, the more bails you do, the more forfeitures you get. It is unavoidable.
The hours are long as a bounty hunter. You might sit on a house for 5 or 6 hours just watching to see if there is any movement inside. You might enter a house and instantly be faced with a gun barrel staring you in the face. Or you might be expected to stay up for 36 hours straight driving from place to place chasing down just one person, while you still need to look for 20 other subjects. So next time you call a bail bondman to inquire about bounty hunting, take into consideration all that's involved, and not just what you see on T.V.
