What is a fugitive recovery agent?
Being a fugitive recovery agent is not what it seems. What you have seen on television about bounty hunting is make believe, according to the Professional Bail Agents of the United States or PBUS. If you really want to become a fugitive recovery agent, it pays to learn what the job entails before spending time and money in a career that may not be lucrative for you.Bail BondsmanIf you are a bail bondsman, you loan money or assets to the criminal so they can get out of jail (bail). Without the bail bondsman, jails couldn’t house all the inmates, according to the Legal-Criminal-Justice-Schools.com. In addition to posting bail, the bondsman often is his own fugitive recovery agent, and have no need to hire a bounty hunter, according to PBUS.Fugitive Recovery AgentOther titles for fugitive recovery agent are bail enforcement agent or bounty hunter. As a fugitive recovery agent, your job is to locate, apprehend and return fugitives to the proper law enforcement agencies.Job DutiesIn additio
