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Re:Launch HN: Promise (YC W18) – Cost-effective, more humane... by dfrappier on Tuesday March 20, 2018 @02:55PM (#16631461)
We will not use bounty hunters like bail bond companies. We will have a plan with the local jurisdiction that we are in. That will be county specific but will involve us trying to get them back on calendar if they miss a court date, but ultimately the Sheriff or local law enforcement picking them up if they have an outstanding warrant.
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Re:Launch HN: Promise (YC W18) – Cost-effective, more humane... by UncleEntity on Tuesday March 20, 2018 @04:14PM (#16632127)
> ...but will involve us trying to get them back on calendar if they miss a court date

Isn't that inherently what bounty hunters do?

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Re:Launch HN: Promise (YC W18) – Cost-effective, more humane... by portofcall on Tuesday March 20, 2018 @05:58PM (#16633113)
So you’ll use the local PD as bounty hunters, without the bounty. I’ve read through this whole thread, and I wonder if you’re aware of just how smarmy and evavise you’ve been throughout? As PR goes, silence would serve you better than your comments in the aggregate, and where you stop responding.

For example!

It’s understandable that you have no good answer to this, because the answer is clear. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16631983

Cavalier indeed https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16632252

Ugh https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16631560

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16631723

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16632770

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16632329

It just goes on.

It’s a bit too clear that you’ve identified a place where yet another middleman can profit without solving a problem directly, or rendering services, as a for-profit company in a space which should not be producing profits.

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