Politically Correct titles

Hi everyone
What are the PC titles that you use to describe the job e.g

1. Bail Enforcement.
2. Fugitive Recovery Services.
3. Fugitive Enforcemenet Services.

and then what do you call yourselves, are you

1. Bail Enforcement Agents/Officers/Specilists.
2. Fugitive Recovery Agents/Officers/Specilists.
3. Fugitive Enforcement Agents/Officers/Specilists.

No particular reason for wanting to know, just plain curiosity as I have seen a lot of different titles being used.

Thanks
Jeff

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Jeff King – Operations Manager
State Protective Services

There are several articles on this forum addressing this topic.

However, I will reitereate a cliff noted synopsis of the existing articles:

1) Titles are often determined not only by local laws but by federal one's as well. You can find federal law's under the U.S. Code.

2) BEA or FRA are the standard for most of us...again though the verbage of either of these 2 violates some state laws.

3) Some prefer Surety Investigator as it seems to be legal in most states and has no law enforcement implications.

4) Most professionals stay away from self issued monikers such as "SAIC", "AGENT SO AND SO", "CAPT", "LT", "COMMANDER" ETC. These titles are military/Le in origin and people in these fields resent civilians who have done nothing to earn this rank attach to themselves simply to inflate thier own egos. the 1 exception here is if a person is retired Military then under UCMJ they are allowed to continue the usage of thier rank in civillian life.

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River City Associates
Decatur, Al. 35601

In Georgia, it is law that states we use the title Bail Recovery Agent (whick makes us BRA's) but there is also written caselaw that states we can not use the wording of Agent, Officer, or Specialist (makes it confusing)..... I use OPERATIVE. Nothing written about that.

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Thomas SnoWolf
FRN# 1999
GAPB 20120726
NSIS ST0707
http://www.rocksolidrg.com
"The hero is not the man that acts without fear,
He is the man that acts inspite of fear"

In Ohio, the only thiing you can use is as follows:

Bail Agent
Bail Bond Agent
Private Investigator

That's it. You can't use the term Recovery Agent, Bounty Hunter, Fugitive Recovery Agent, Bail Enforcement Agent, etc... All these terms will get you arrested if you come a cross the wrong officer.

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Steve Faircloth
A Way Out Bail Bonds
(220) 204-9733 Cell
NSIN# SF0105
LIC. #704058

On your Indiana License it refers to you as a Recovery Agent.

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The Rose Investigations LLC
Collection Agency
Security & Investigations Consultant
Retired Private Investigator & Bail Enforcement
NAM VET 1969- 1975 US Army (RECON)
Office 260-220-3877
1-888-631-5520
Fax 260-456-6062

Be very careful of titles, even earned ones have consequences.

Generalisimo Superior Inquisitor of All the Land

or just Scott if you please

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R.E. "Scott" MacLean III

"Leaders are like Eagles, you never see them in a flock, but one at a time"

Chesapeake Group Investigations, Inc.
Chesapeake Bail Bonds
877-574-0500
301-392-1100 (fax)
301-392-1900 (Office)

Ha!! You kill me..

Here in CT, we stopped at a Starbucks after a capture, and one of the customers actually came up to us in line and said "I only thought you guys existed on TV"...
I also once got "you're that Domino chick"..

I said no, we're real...

Welcome to reality...but in all seriousness, we go by Bail Enforcemt Agent...No title, no fancy stuff...just BEA.

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Kate
650.863.8470

" Yeah, I see ya, you ding dong..."

When i have told someone i am a Bail Recovery Agent they don't know what that is, So i try to tell them and they still don't understand so i tell them Bounty Hunter and i get oh so your like dogs son Leland it pisses me off

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Leland Painter
Licensed GA Bail
Recovery Agent
Chatsworth, GA
NSIN # LP0308