Day 1

Early start this morning as I intend to enforce a warrant on a defendant who clearly has no intention of paying her fine. Intelligence received from debtors’ neighbour that the defendant owns a car. A twenty mile drive across town means that I arrive at the warrant address at 6.30, but no vehicle to be seen. On closer inspection of the property it is clear the premises has been vacated. Their has been a clear obstruction and this has been relayed back to the client. Quickly moving on to take advantage of the early start, I drive across town again to a premises where a positive PNC check has been received for a vehicle belonging to a defendant. Several revisits have been made to this property to look for the car but no sightings and no response to the original correspondence. When I arrive at the property the car still isn’t there but I’ll bide my time on this one and wait till I find the car before I enforce. A vehicle is one of the biggest levers when enforcing a warrant! After a short break, the remainder of the day is spent doing first visits on warrants. Very little contact made on the doorstep so letters left. Two prior arrangement come through and pay over the phone and I set off for home at 3 o’clock to do my prep work for the following day. Good prep work involves route planning visits for the following day, it doesn’t take long and will save a lot of time in the long-run. At about 5 o’clock calls start coming in in response to the letters I’ve left. One lady makes arrangement to clear her balance on the following Friday when she gets paid. Several calls are received stating that the defendant no longer resides. One argumentative man rings to state he won’t be paying, he’ll require a return visit which I’ll probably do with one of my colleagues and possibly the police due to the aggressive nature of the abuse he was giving.