What Happens If Somoene Doesn’t Post Bail?

What Happens If Somoene Doesn’t Post Bail?

If someone you care for has been arrested and booked into a local jail it's natural to be flooded with emotions.  Some family members get frightened and want to get their loved one out as fast as possible.

In other cases, they get angry, and figure it may be worth letting the defendant sit for a few days in order to teach them a lesson.
Letting someone sit tight
When someone doesn't post bail bonds they'll need to stay behind bars until their case is over.  Their first court date will be within three business days and you'll want to keep in …

By |September 17th, 2014|Bail Industry Features|Comments Off on What Happens If Somoene Doesn’t Post Bail?
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SDPD Staffing Woes Continue To Worsen

It's been no great secret that the San Diego Police Department has a staffing problem on its hands.  One, more and more officers are approaching retirement age.   Two, newly trained rookies are being wooed to smaller departments in the county as soon as they are out of the police academy.

The San Diego Sheriff's and the National City PD are among those who are offering signing bonuses and better pay.

Today, sources close to the SDPD says their already bad problem seems to have taken a turn for the worse.

The number of officers leaving the department on a monthly basis is …

By |September 16th, 2014|San Diego Bail Bonds|Comments Off on SDPD Staffing Woes Continue To Worsen
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Burglaries, Robberies And A Pot-Laced Cookie Incident

San Mateo County law enforcement has been called out to investigate a number of colorful crimes in the past few weeks.  Below are just a few examples of the calls that have come in.

Menlo Park Police said that they were recently called out to talk to a 24 year-old female who had her shoes stolen while she was walking across a pedestrian bridge.  He cell phone was also stolen during the attack.  The suspect said the man tried to remove her pants, but he ran off when she fought back.  The suspect is still at large.

A few days later, …

By |September 15th, 2014|San Mateo County Bail Bonds|Comments Off on Burglaries, Robberies And A Pot-Laced Cookie Incident
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San Diego Schools Get Armored Vehicle

A spokesperson for the San Diego Unified School District has confirmed that SDUSD has received an armored vehicle thanks to military surplus program.

The tank, which is not unlike military vehicles that have been used in the middle east during the Iraq War, is able to drive through barricades and can also withstand explosives.

SWAT teams throughout the US often use similar types of armored cars and are able to acquire them through an "Excess property program" that's run by the Department of Defense.  Ultimately, it provides unneeded military equipment to law enforcement agencies at zero cost.

Representatives from SBUSD say the …

By |September 12th, 2014|San Diego Bail Bonds|Comments Off on San Diego Schools Get Armored Vehicle
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    Judge Rules That Sheriff Can’t Restrict Jail-Mail To Postcards

Judge Rules That Sheriff Can’t Restrict Jail-Mail To Postcards

In 2010, the Ventura County Sheriff's Department approved a measure that restricted the types of mail that can come into the county jails.

Namely, letters and cards were out- and postcards were in.

The reason for this, according to sources within the corrections department, was their wanting to take a proactive approach to restricting contraband.  People on the outside were starting to get a little too creative in terms of how they were smuggling drugs into the facility and the sheriff's department felt a postcard only policy would help thwart that.

But thanks to the recent lawsuit filed by Prison Legal News, …

By |September 11th, 2014|National|Comments Off on Judge Rules That Sheriff Can’t Restrict Jail-Mail To Postcards
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    Arrests resulting from Marijuana – US Facts and Statistics

Arrests resulting from Marijuana – US Facts and Statistics

Pot, grass, mj, bud, kind, weed, cannabis, maryjane, ganga, dope, herb, hemp...

Call it what you will. To most folks, it's probably no surprise that marijuana is the most common illegal drug used by Americans.

Here's an infographic outlining US facts and statics related to marijuana use and arrests: (more…)

By |September 10th, 2014|Infographic|Comments Off on Arrests resulting from Marijuana – US Facts and Statistics
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What The Ferguson Police Can Learn From The LAPD

The community of Ferguson, Missouri has a lot of healing to do in the upcoming months; some say police there can and should take a few lessons from how the LAPD handled their city after the Rodney King riots.

More than 50 people died in the LA riots.  Back then, many saw the Los Angeles Police Department as an "occupying army" of sorts-  they certainly didn't seem like a police force.

A lot has changed in Southern California in the past 22 years.  The federal government stepped in to help transform the department.  They also worked to get a new police …

By |September 9th, 2014|National|Comments Off on What The Ferguson Police Can Learn From The LAPD
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San Jose Police: Arrested Naked Guy Had 3 Warrants

A spokesperson for the San Jose Police Department has confirmed the naked guy they arrested last week was found to have three outstanding warrants.

It all started several days ago when officers received word that a man who wasn't wearing anything except shoes was seen wandering around downtown.  Police said they aren't sure when the guy started removing his clothes, but they did suspect he was high on some sort of drug.

The suspect was reportedly wandering from house to house and eventually sat down on someone's porch.  Residents and their children were frightened, they said, so they tried to subdue …

By |September 8th, 2014|Santa Clara County|Comments Off on San Jose Police: Arrested Naked Guy Had 3 Warrants
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Robbery Suspect Drives Himself To SDPD Headquarters

Sources within the San Diego Police Department say the prime suspect in an armed robbery was captured outside the SDPD headquarters.

Earlier this week a Chula Vista store employee approached a man in the parking lot. There was reason to believe he had stolen a handful of things from the store.

The suspect brandished a gun and proceeded to load himself and his wheelchair into a van.

The police were notified and spotted the vehicle getting onto the northbound lanes of Interstate 805.  Officers tried to stop him, but he refused to pull over.

The pursuit continued into the streets of downtown San …

By |September 5th, 2014|San Diego Bail Bonds|Comments Off on Robbery Suspect Drives Himself To SDPD Headquarters
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Car Theft Blamed On Inmate Overcrowding

In Oct. 2011, California initiated its inmate realignment program, which required that certain inmates who would have once been sentenced to serve time at state run prisons be shifted to the county jails.

Since that time, local detention centers have been dealing with growing pains and many have started to burst at the seams.   The answer to this, according to sheriff's officials, has been to let certain local low-level pre-trial offenders out on their own recognizance;  sentenced inmates are often being released early.
Booked, released and rearrested a week later
36 year-old Chico transient who was arrested on car theft charges last …

By |September 4th, 2014|The Illegal & Unlawful|Comments Off on Car Theft Blamed On Inmate Overcrowding
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