It is a foregone conclusion that most experienced BEAs have heard something along the lines of "He's there; go get-em Now!"
In my experience, getting excited and jumping up and running at the behest of a desparate bail bond company owner may not be the best of ideas.
In one case, somebody forgot to mention the gun and using a car to nearly run over a BEA or two.
In another case, someone neglected to tell me that the skip was a mandatory 7-unit minimum response whenever the local heat got word of the skip's whereabouts.
The point is that we have to weigh many things during the decision making process of when to go, and this decision should be left up to the BEA leading the arrest attempt and perhaps not the one whose business/livlihood is on the line.
This has to do with the instant cases where we don't really know anything versus the cases that have been well investigated and worked. In the latter example, we should have a pretty good idea of how to respond.
Frankly speaking, there is something different about going after a skip for client and going after a skip who jumped bail on me, so I'm rendering the above opinion from both sides
In any case, safety comes first, and I would rather hand over my livlihood than put anyone at risk, but I don't know that there are many bail bond company owners who think in this way.
Rex
