The AIA Surety team recently attended the Florida Bail Agents Association summer meeting in Orlando. As part of our sponsorship of the event, we conducted a brief survey of the state of bail in Florida. We would like to thank all the agents in attendance…
AIA Surety’s Vice President of Corporate Communications, Eric Granof, appears on the Bail in the Midwest Podcast with Shane Rolf to talk about the dark money behind the bail reform and rogue prosecutor movements.
AIA Surety would like to extend a big “Thank You” to all the members of the California Coalition that helped defeat SB562 this session. As you may know, this past legislative session the California legislature attempted to pass Senate Bill 562. This bill would have…
2025 Midyear Bail Profession Survey: And the Survey Says… More Than 70% of Agents Want More From Their Surety We would like to thank all the agents who took the time to take our mid-year state of the bail professional survey. The goal of the…
The Bail Project recently released another manufactured study out of Tulsa, Oklahoma. The study shows defendants released for free with no accountability show up for court more so than those who have skin in the game with a financially secured bond. While the data supporting…
As our communities try and claw their way out of the crime and lawlessness that has been perpetuated by social justice activists and misguided legislators over the past decade, we must be wise and vigilant to the same old tactics being used by the activists.…
Everything is bigger in Texas. From barbecue to cowboy hats, from boots to belt buckles, if it ain’t big, it ain’t good enough for Texas. The same can be said for bail reform legislation. This year’s legislative session could definitely be described as BIG. And…
Bail Reform: Why is it Always About More Money? Why do Bail Reform activists always need more taxpayer dollars for success? If a taxpayer funded pretrial program is struggling, the first reaction is for the programs leadership to say that they didn’t have enough funding.…
New Study Says “Zero Bail” will Save the World If you were to stand and bang your head against a wall over and over again, guess what? It would hurt. Eventually you would stop, right? Because banging your head against a wall doesn’t make any…
Over the years, the bail reform movement has shifted its message from one thing to another. Like throwing spaghetti at the wall, the activists and proponents experiment different talking points and messaging frantically searching for anything that sticks to support their misguided anti-bail ideology. But…
