A question for California
Is This Okay?
Some bail bond companies are doing something most people don't know about. We want to know what you think.
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When someone gets arrested in California, their booking information becomes public record within hours. Name. Charges. Bail amount. It's all there.
Some bail bond companies have built systems to scrape that data the moment it posts. Then they run background checks — not on the defendant, but on their family members. They find names. They find phone numbers. They start calling.
Your ex-spouse. Your in-laws. Your adult kids. People who may not even know the arrest happened yet. All getting calls from a stranger saying they're a bail bondsman — and that your loved one asked them to call.
That last part is almost always a lie.
Nobody in a jail cell called them. They bought the data. They ran the search. They made the call.
We want to know: is that okay with you?
For Bail Agents
You put "confidential" on your website. You say you protect families. Is cold-calling people scraped from arrest records who we are?
For the Public
A bail bond company scraped arrest records, ran background checks on your family, and called your ex, your in-laws, or your kids — before you even knew to ask for help. They told your family member that the person in jail asked them to call. That was a lie. Is that okay?
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I don't do this. I never have. If you call me, it's because you chose to.
— Chad Conley, Licensed Bail Agent #1843258
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Chad Conley — CA Bail Agent License #1843258 — Underwritten by Allegheny Casualty Company