You probably thought only criminals get arrested until the phone rings in the middle of the night and your son or daughter tells you they’re in jail. No one ever thinks their son or daughter will get arrested until you get “that” call. The first thing that runs through your head is “how am I going to get my son or daughter out of jail?” There’s no training for this drill. We didn’t have this class in school growing up. Where do you start? Who should you call? In San Diego we are truly blessed to have the Bail Agents Association of San Diego County, Inc. Members of the Bail Agents Association of San Diego County, Inc. are carefully screened. Here’s the criteria:
- Current Bail Agent License thru the California Dept of Insurance
- Name of the agency authorized by the California Dept of Insurance
- Physical office address in San Diego County
- Phone number verified with the physical billing address
- Physical address verified against the address given to the San Diego County Superior Courts
- Member in Good Standing
Before you Google or go to the Yellow Pages print or online http://tinyurl.com/cbgyxa4 and select the bail bond agency that brags about being the biggest bail bond agency in the world do your homework. If the bail bond agency doesn’t have an office in San Diego the service could be inferior compared to an agency with an agent that physically lives and works in San Diego. No one knows how the San Diego County Jails run better than the Bail Agents that actually live and work in San Diego County. When your son or daughter is sitting in a jail cell the minutes seem like hours. You don’t have time to waste verifying where a bail bond agency is located and if the person on the other end of the phone line is actually a Licensed California Bail Agent. So how do you find a Bail Agent in San Diego besides using the Bail Agents Association of San Diego County, Inc. membership list? Many bail bond agencies in L.A. and outside of California figured out a way to trick the consumers into thinking the agency is in San Diego by using the San Diego area codes (619), (858) and (760) with their phone numbers. Don’t be fooled. Click on this link:
http://www.sdsheriff.net/jailinfo/bailagents.html
When you’re searching for a Bail Agent in San Diego ask the person that answers the phone these questions:
- Are you a licensed Bail Agent in California?
- What is your license number? (you can verify the license at the following link: http://interactive.web.insurance.ca.gov/webuser/licw_lic_search$.startup
- Is the license number valid and current? Does the license number match the name of the person you’re speaking to on the phone?
- Do they have a physical address in San Diego?
Time is critical now and you really don’t need any added frustration with a bail bond agency out-of-state or in Los Angeles scrambling to find an agent in San Diego to post a bond for them. You’re a consumer and you have the ability to choose any bail bond agency you want and you expect good service. I hear all the time from my clients that they called a bail bond agency and they refused to help them. My approach to each call is no different from a 911 operator. When you have an emergency and you call 911 can you imagine if the operator said “I can’t help you” and hangs up? Well, that’s exactly what happens when people call bail bond agencies that can’t be bothered with doing a little extra work to earn the premium. When you call Bail Bond Woman you get a Bail Agent that treats every call as an emergency. I make the effort to help people when their loved one is in trouble. If the family or friends can afford to bail out a loved one I will personally go to the jail and post the bond. There will be times I can’t bail out an inmate because the bail amount is too high or there’s some sort of Hold placed on the inmate. It’s about giving hope to family members and figuring out a way to communicate with their loved one if they can’t afford the bail. I believe in quality vs quantity. Many bail bond agencies in San Diego believe this is some sort of competition. The agency that writes the most bail bonds in a day wins. Wins what? Makes more money? Wins some sort of bragging rights? Do you know who the loser is in this competition? Your loved one. While the BIG bail bond agencies are juggling a dozen bonds at a time with maybe 1 or 2 agents in their office your loved one or friend is sitting in jail. The person that gets short-changed is your loved one. While they’re busy talking on the phone to other clients or inmates from the jail your loved one is waiting for their bond to be posted. Do you think your loved one is the only bond they’re working on? Not if it’s a BIG bail bond agency. Sometimes smaller is better. You’ll get personalized service and more than likely your loved one will be out of custody faster because the bond is posted as soon as they Clear on the Sheriff’s website.
http://apps.sdsheriff.net/wij/wij.aspx
Once you select a bail bond agency and you feel comfortable with your choice the Bail Agent will get you through the process. Bail Bond Woman will keep you informed every step of the way including when the bond is actually posted. We’re in this together until the case comes to some closure. It’s not just about posting the bond and getting your loved one out of jail. No one ever expects to get that phone call from a loved one that they’ve been arrested. However, you can expect to find someone willing to help you no matter what time of the day or night. And that’s Bail Bond Woman.
Chapter 22 / Who is in Jail in San Diego? (bailbondwoman.wordpress.com)
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