fugitive investigation training

Our Instructors

Our instructors who teach the Fugitive Investigations Training courses are all Active Agents with many years of experience and hundreds of apprehensions throughout the United States.

Instructor Joe Padilla Joe Padilla

After finishing High School, I immediately started a path in protective services. While enlisted in the Army New York State Guard, I held the position of Military Police Officer. While serving part-time with the Guard, My full-time job was with the City of New York Parks Department Enforcement Division (Parks Police). As the years went by, I took as much training as I could find, and excelled in the area of protective services. My last job in the private sector was with a public safety company in which I was the Captain and Operations Manager. I managed and trained over 150 Officers while supervising the ranks of two lieutenants and six sergeants. My last job in the public sector was a Correctional Officer. Since 2002 I have been actively involved with hundreds of successful Fugitive Recovery Apprehensions.

Currently, I work as a manager for a Bail Bond Company and Fugitive Recovery Agent, and hold the following Certifications and/or licenses;
- New York State Security Instructor
- New York State Fire Guard Fire Safety Instructor
- Pennsylvania Casualty Insurance Producer

- Pennsylvania Firearms Use and Safety
- Crisis Intervention Specialist
- PA Act 235
- Medical Emergency Safety Officer
- Bail Enforcement
- Building Entry & Room Clearing for Law Enforcement
- Emergency Response to Terrorism
- Search & Rescue
- Infectious Control of Biological Agents
- CPR & First Aid
Instructor Marcel Centeno Marcel Centeno

M. Centeno has been in the Bail Enforcement and Investigation business since 1997. Currently a Private Investigator (Detective) in the states of Pennsylvania and New York, also, a licensed Delaware Bail Enforcement Agent and a Pennsylvania Surety Bail Bondsman. During my career as an Investigator I have located and/or apprehended over 1,000 Fugitives throughout the United States including Puerto Rico.

I'm a former Pennsylvania State Constable and Former New York City Auxiliary Police Officer and hold the following Certifications and/or licenses:

  • Pennsylvania Act 44 Certified
  • Advanced Firearms Training
  • Pennsylvania Act 235 Certified
  • Handcuffing Certified Instructor (PATH)
  • O/C Pepper Spray Certified Instructor (OCAT)
  • Expandable Baton/ASP Certified
  • Bail Enforcement Certification
  • Municipal Police Certification
  • Loss Prevention Certification
  • New York Security Guard Licensed
  • Fireguard Fitness Examination Certification
  • First Aid & CPR Certification
  • Law Enforcement Level Defensive Driving
  • Emergency Response to Terrorism
  • Security Supervision Certification
  • Aspects of Physical Protection
  • Pennsylvania Concealed Carry License
  • New Hampshire Concealed Carry License
  • New York Private Investigator License
  • Pennsylvania Private Detective License
  • Criminal Street Gangs Overview Certification
  • PA Correctional Officer Training
  • Delaware Bail Enforcement licensed Agent
  • Pennsylvania Casualty Insurance Producer
Instructor Tom Siteman Tom Siteman

Tom Siteman is currently working as a State Park Ranger for the Commonwealth of PA and as a part time fugitive recovery agent. He is a retired Allentown Police Officer, has operated a Bail Bond office in the State of New Hampshire and has worked as a full-time fugitive recovery agent.

While on the staff of Capital Bonding Corporation, Tom led the in-house Immigration Bond Recovery Unit and his team surrendered hundreds of illegal aliens who had absconded on their bonds. Tom's duties brought him to over 30 states and the island territory of Puerto Rico.

As not only a veteran of the United States Marine Corps but of police work as well, Tom has maintained a high reputation in the law enforcement community. Tom has completed over a dozen Federal Emergency Management (F.E.M.A.) training modules and has graduated from highly recognized courses of instruction such as the Marine Corps Terrorism Counteraction course and the Pennsylvania Emergency Management (P.E.M.A) course of Emergency Response to Terrorism.

Tom has conducted a death investigation and multiple search and rescue operations in the past year (2009).

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