Hollywood Bounty Hunter
"Hollywood" Bounty Hunter
Most Police Departments require a uniform that clearly identify's their patrol division. The word uniform is defined as; A distinct outfit intended to identify those who wear it as members of a specific group.
Through my many years of bail recovery and private investigations I have observed many people working within the industry wearing many different type of clothing. Bounty hunters wear plain clothes, uniforms, tactical battle dress, and a few other variants. I have also witnessed many different type of identifying markers on the clothing such as "Bail Enforcement", "Fugitive Recovery", "Agent", and some go further to indicate State and Federal Affiliations such as U.S. Recovery Bureau.
When Bounty Hunters decide to wear full black battle dress uniforms (BDU's) complete with or without masks it opens the entire industry to special scrutiny. Bounty hunters that decide to wear all black while working in the field do not realize the potential for mistaken identity.
In 2011 bounty hunters in Jacksonville, Florida dressed in black BDU's attempted to arrest a wanted fugitive. They did everything correctly and notified law enforcement of the their location and intentions. As they attempted to locate the defendant, neighbors called 911 and advised them of a possible home invasion. The description was three men dressed in black carrying weapons trying to force entry into a residence. There was an error with the police dispatching and the responding officers were not notified of the bail recovery activity. When officers arrived they observed a person in all black carrying a gun. The officer opened fire killing one of the bounty hunters and seriously wounding another. The officers were cleared in the shooting because of the men in black problem.
When law enforcement utilized their SWAT teams, who also wear BDU's, they also utilize clearly marked police vehicles and sometimes deploy uniformed patrol officers so there is no
Most Police Departments require a uniform that clearly identify's their patrol division. The word uniform is defined as; A distinct outfit intended to identify those who wear it as members of a specific group.
Through my many years of bail recovery and private investigations I have observed many people working within the industry wearing many different type of clothing. Bounty hunters wear plain clothes, uniforms, tactical battle dress, and a few other variants. I have also witnessed many different type of identifying markers on the clothing such as "Bail Enforcement", "Fugitive Recovery", "Agent", and some go further to indicate State and Federal Affiliations such as U.S. Recovery Bureau.
When Bounty Hunters decide to wear full black battle dress uniforms (BDU's) complete with or without masks it opens the entire industry to special scrutiny. Bounty hunters that decide to wear all black while working in the field do not realize the potential for mistaken identity.
In 2011 bounty hunters in Jacksonville, Florida dressed in black BDU's attempted to arrest a wanted fugitive. They did everything correctly and notified law enforcement of the their location and intentions. As they attempted to locate the defendant, neighbors called 911 and advised them of a possible home invasion. The description was three men dressed in black carrying weapons trying to force entry into a residence. There was an error with the police dispatching and the responding officers were not notified of the bail recovery activity. When officers arrived they observed a person in all black carrying a gun. The officer opened fire killing one of the bounty hunters and seriously wounding another. The officers were cleared in the shooting because of the men in black problem.
When law enforcement utilized their SWAT teams, who also wear BDU's, they also utilize clearly marked police vehicles and sometimes deploy uniformed patrol officers so there is no