Compass Point Investigations, Scott Harrell

I read about Scott Harrell on the internet at www.bondforfeitures.com and was intrigued. When I was in the research phase of improving my abilities, I came across this website. He has others; www.pieducation.com and www.beabountyhunter.com that are equally beneficial to the "Newbie" as well as experienced Bounty Hunter.

After closing out a particularly dangerous case with a team of accomplished hunters; John "Big Red" McGraw, Frank Humphries, Lester "K.C." Cassion, Brian Baltimore, Roy Warner, and George Edelen, it was apparent that it was time for a road trip. The case involved Jamaican drug dealers, and subsequent to the re-arrest, a murder of the indemnitor. Enough said, time to get away for awhile!

Roy Warner, currently a Federal Police Officer, and I decided to ride to Texas and take one of the classes that Mr. Harrell taught in person. Roy is an "Organ Donor" rider and has an incredibly fast Hyabusa. I have Harley Davidsons, and they are no match for the Hyabusa. Since my idea of riding together is comparable speed and fuel tanks, we decided to leave his bike behind and we each rode one of my Harleys. Roy was famous for saying "When we ride, I will see you twice, when we leave and when we get there!" This was a major factor in the choice of what we were riding!

We signed up for Scott Harrell's class on line and planned to meet at my house and pack up the bikes the day before we left. In our collective wisdom, this would allow time to acquire any last minute necessities and not interfere with our time limits. We met on a Tuesday night and were all done by 8pm. Roy and I looked at each other and simultaneously realized that we would both be too excited to sleep. We left immediately!

We left Mechanicsville, Maryland and rode to Roanoke, Virginia. Once in the mountains of South Western Virginia, we ran into dense fog. Since it was just before midnight, we decided to get a Hotel for the night. It had become apparent that Roy did not feel comfortable doing under triple digits on the speedometer. The ride was a compromise for the both of us, me riding faster than comfortable and him at a speed that didn't get his blood flowing!

We got up the next morning, wiped the dew off of our bikes and took off. We rode through the mountains of eastern Tennessee and stopped in Nashville for the night. Since it was 8:30 pm, we went to the local bars to experience the night life. We left the next morning for Ft. Worth.

Being a diehard Republican, I enjoyed the opportunity to relieve myself in Hope, Arkansas. The target was a sign proclaiming it the home of Bill Clinton, and that was enough motivation for me. We also decided that Arkansas has the worst roads in America, and with the rest of the picture that the state provided, we understood why Clinton never returned. Poor NY, but then they deserve them both!

We rode into Dallas during rush hour, and were passed on an exit ramp while riding next to each other. Being angry and scared isn't a healthy combination. We called Scott and got directions to his training center. Once there we met Brian Coach, a Texas PI and accomplished Bounty Hunter, who worked with Scott and helped teach the class.

Scott Harrell's class was very professional and complete. He has performed the most scholarly effort as regards this industry, and I countenance him as a friend to this day. To my knowledge, Mr. Harrell is a licensed PI in TX, MS, LA, NC and Florida and has the required credentials to be hired as a BEA in TN as well. He is a charter member of the National Surety Investigator's Network as well as a member of the National Association of Bail Enforcement Agents, Falls Church, Virginia. Quite a list of accomplishments for a young man still south of 40 years old.

If I have learned anything in this business, it is how little I really know. It is imperative for anyone choosing this profession to seek out all of the training that they can, in as many different places as they can. The more you learn, the more capacity you have to learn even more. The cumulative knowledge and experience that one acquires during the course of a successful career results in wisdom, the kind that might keep you alive!

I started this blog to chronicle some of the people that I have met while perfecting my craft of Bail Enforcement. It has been a long and storied quest for knowledge, and turned out to be a life of dicotomies. It is profitable yet costly, frightening yet boring, intriguing yet redundant.

I believe that this is a limited profession and as the laws change state by state, will soon be extinct. Since I feel that there are alot of unsung heroes, that the world may never know, there is a need to chronicle their respective parts in history. There are a small number of nationally recognized Bail Enforcement Agents, while the greater number enjoy local notoriety.

My name is Scott MacLean, I am a Licensed Private Investigator, Professional Bail Bondsmen (Property and Surety), Bail Enforcement Agent, Educator, Public Speaker, Entrepeneur, Husband and Father. I enjoy working, racing and most of all, the hunting of a human being.
Due to the nature of my business, I will not go into family details, but will admit that all of my children have made bail re-arrests by their 15th birthdays.

My businesses are in Maryland and Virginia, yet my investigations have taken me Nationwide. Our team has accumulated over 1600 fugitive recoveries in 31 States, year to date. Our strangest statistic is re-arresting a husband and wife, on both sides of the country, during the same weekend, for two different Bondsmen. When one of my investigators was falsly bragging to a new investigator that he held the office record for the most re-arrests in one day, I corrected him and then went out and made the 5 re-arrests that he claimed to have made. In my travels, I have heard that bail agents have affected many more re-arrests in one day. While I don't dispute their statistics, we are limited by the amount of time required to surrender an individual at the local county jail, often times surpassing 6 hours.