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<v Speaker 1>This is the seventy seven WABC Mini.

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<v Speaker 2>Cast and I am looking at my Twitter to begin

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<v Speaker 2>with at Dominic TV and a tweet from the lovely

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<v Speaker 2>Cassandra Van Pole says the entire story. She says, Mom,

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<v Speaker 2>Donnie Piker El sayed, Dominique Carter here with you, folks,

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<v Speaker 2>and abdu El sayed, when's the Michigan Democrat Senate primary.

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<v Speaker 2>I'm gonna focus on that in the back half of

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<v Speaker 2>the show, the back half of the program today, but

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<v Speaker 2>for the first half, we're doing something where I'm going

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<v Speaker 2>to focus on someone who has spent his lifetime in

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<v Speaker 2>law enforcement. He joins me right now. His name is

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<v Speaker 2>John Mancini, and John spent years in law enforcement, but

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<v Speaker 2>he put it all on the line even before his

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<v Speaker 2>law enforcement days as a real life bounty hunter. And

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<v Speaker 2>John has a brand new book detailing his years of

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<v Speaker 2>tracking down fugitives and confronting danger. John Mancini and outstanding gentlemen,

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<v Speaker 2>thank you for joining the program live. I'm doing well,

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<v Speaker 2>so I want to talk to you about law enforcement.

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<v Speaker 2>I want to talk to you about your bounty hunter days.

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<v Speaker 2>And you know I've had the opportunity to meet you.

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<v Speaker 2>You're one of the nicest comments guys that one could

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<v Speaker 2>ever meet. Right, But then, I've seen clips of you

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<v Speaker 2>on television from your bounty hunter days, and back then

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<v Speaker 2>you had a beard, and you know, the John Mancini

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<v Speaker 2>today doesn't seem to match the John Mancini of yester

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<v Speaker 2>year in terms of the beard and going after these

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<v Speaker 2>guys as a bounty hunter. Tell the audience what your

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<v Speaker 2>book is about. The book is titled On the Run

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<v Speaker 2>John Mancini, True Stories of John Mike in the Fugitive

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<v Speaker 2>World of New Jersey.

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<v Speaker 1>Basically, I started in as a private investigator and I

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<v Speaker 1>met Mike at oar To Security. We started doing a

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<v Speaker 1>couple of jobs together and we were getting results, and

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<v Speaker 1>he used to be a bounty hunter and he kept

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<v Speaker 1>busting me, saying, come on, come on, let's do it,

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<v Speaker 1>let's do it. And I kept saying, you're crazy, you're crazy,

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<v Speaker 1>and he said, finally got me down and he said,

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<v Speaker 1>we'll just do one. If you don't like it, pack

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<v Speaker 1>it in. We're good. So we did one and the

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<v Speaker 1>adrenaline rush was unbelievable. And the difference is back then

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<v Speaker 1>the world was different. I was much different. It was

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<v Speaker 1>a pre nine to eleven. The world was just like

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<v Speaker 1>a totally different place. And also back then law enforcement

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<v Speaker 1>was our cue is to get the bad guy. You

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<v Speaker 1>do what you gotta do, you get the bad guy.

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<v Speaker 1>You know now not so much.

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<v Speaker 2>Now not so much. So John is going to be

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<v Speaker 2>taking you a telephone calls for the first half of

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<v Speaker 2>the program about his days in law enforcement. His days

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<v Speaker 2>are starting the K nine unit, one of the units

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<v Speaker 2>in New Jersey, his days as a bounty hunter. But

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<v Speaker 2>specifically on his book, the number to reach us live

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<v Speaker 2>eight hundred and eighty four, eight nine to two. So

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<v Speaker 2>talk to me, John Mancini. You know, I'm looking at

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<v Speaker 2>the chapters in the book. I loved the book. Some

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<v Speaker 2>of the chapters The cost of being a bounty hunter.

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<v Speaker 2>Next thing I see better be a badge. You can

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<v Speaker 2>never be right one hundred percent of the time. Holy

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<v Speaker 2>bleep leap, I'm on TV. What tell us about the

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<v Speaker 2>book specific Well.

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<v Speaker 1>It's pretty funny because you would think a book like

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<v Speaker 1>that's going to be just like a rugged book, knocking

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<v Speaker 1>down doors, and it really isn't. There's some of that

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<v Speaker 1>in there. But my partner, Mike was it was actually

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<v Speaker 1>a comedian and he was probably one of the funniest

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<v Speaker 1>guys I've ever met my life. And there was just

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<v Speaker 1>a lot of situations we were in and he would

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<v Speaker 1>just throw comments and it just broke the air. I mean,

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<v Speaker 1>it was just very, very different. We were one of

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<v Speaker 1>the few bounty hunters that were allowed to do deportation bonds,

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<v Speaker 1>so we used to travel to Oakdale, Louisiana. Wow, take

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<v Speaker 1>these little puddle jump planes either that had a curtain

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<v Speaker 1>back then to to divide the pilot. But it was

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<v Speaker 1>it was very very different back then, and what a

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<v Speaker 1>lot of people see on TV is totally not what

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<v Speaker 1>it's about. Very very rarely would knock a door down

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<v Speaker 1>because you really don't know what's on the other side

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<v Speaker 1>of that. You know you're going into their territory and

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<v Speaker 1>you kind of don't want to do that. You want

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<v Speaker 1>to get them when their guard is down. We used

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<v Speaker 1>to love when they'd be walking to a car because

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<v Speaker 1>now they're they're thinking of everything else. They got their

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<v Speaker 1>keys in their hand, they go to unlock the car.

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<v Speaker 1>That's when you grab a guy on each side and

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<v Speaker 1>I'm saying keys. That's back when we had keys for cars.

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<v Speaker 2>Right right, right, So explain so so and you know

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<v Speaker 2>you have to know. John, I'm going to ask you

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<v Speaker 2>this question. Is it like dog the Bunt bounty hunting

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<v Speaker 2>that we used to see on television before he got

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<v Speaker 2>in trouble.

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<v Speaker 1>Oh god, no, it's not okay, So no, no, it's first, Well,

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<v Speaker 1>like you said, I had a beard, I had long

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<v Speaker 1>hair because I generally look like a police officer even

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<v Speaker 1>if I'm not, so I had to, you know, blend in.

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<v Speaker 1>He comes out in these outfits, and they came out

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<v Speaker 1>with dogs right after we got out of the business

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<v Speaker 1>and we were on Channel Mine a couple of times.

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<v Speaker 1>So I really think that that was the prelude. But

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<v Speaker 1>that's he went would all show and it was really

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<v Speaker 1>that's not a good way of doing it. Nobody should

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<v Speaker 1>even know who you are. You should be able to

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<v Speaker 1>just slip in, go anywhere, blend anywhere. He can't really

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<v Speaker 1>blend in anywhere, right, right.

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<v Speaker 2>So you know, I was looking at some of the

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<v Speaker 2>news accounts from you and your partner, and you guys

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<v Speaker 2>would just roll up on somebody and and was there

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<v Speaker 2>were there many times when they would resist. And I

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<v Speaker 2>want to ask you, because I know you're big on

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<v Speaker 2>law enforcement, how law enforcement officers are treated today. I'll

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<v Speaker 2>get to that, but like, did you ever have any

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<v Speaker 2>problem them with these guys that yet? And and then

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<v Speaker 2>I want to ask you, how does the system work

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<v Speaker 2>when when you go to catch somebody and does that

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<v Speaker 2>mean they forfeit the bond? But but anyway, were there

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<v Speaker 2>ever any situations with you and your partner with some

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<v Speaker 2>guy who was like, I'm not going and then what

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<v Speaker 2>do you do at that point?

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<v Speaker 1>We had there was definitely a few that that were

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<v Speaker 1>like that. We also had two dogs. We had a

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<v Speaker 1>doverman and a rockwaller, so that that helped us out

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<v Speaker 1>a lot because they might not have been afraid of us,

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<v Speaker 1>but they were scared hell of the dogs. But again,

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<v Speaker 1>you have to you have to act quick, you know,

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<v Speaker 1>and and we knew what each weather we're going to do,

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<v Speaker 1>so you really kind of want to go win quick.

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<v Speaker 1>But we had we had guys that were big and

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<v Speaker 1>my partner was a big guy that you know. We

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<v Speaker 1>went through closets, over chairs, over water coolers, you know,

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<v Speaker 1>but usually two against one we usually be able to

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<v Speaker 1>once we get the cups on, it's it's pretty much.

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<v Speaker 1>But we definitely we've had guys with guns. So yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>I mean it was every year rest that you went on,

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<v Speaker 1>and we did a lot of big bonds. You had

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<v Speaker 1>to know that they've been in jail before and they

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<v Speaker 1>didn't like it and they don't want to go back,

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<v Speaker 1>and that's pretty much simple. So they're going to try

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<v Speaker 1>and resist.

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<v Speaker 2>And I don't know if I could do that job

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<v Speaker 2>because they are going to try and resist. And so

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<v Speaker 2>you went from bounty hunting into law enforcement, correct as

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<v Speaker 2>an officer, correct, and you started I think the West Orange,

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<v Speaker 2>New Jersey, is that correct, police department?

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<v Speaker 1>Correct? The canine unit over there yet, And so you went.

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<v Speaker 2>From having a dog with you two dogs as a

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<v Speaker 2>bounty hunter, so you joined the police department. And I've

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<v Speaker 2>even seen some videos of you as as a cadet

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<v Speaker 2>at the academy. But you went from that to law enforcement.

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<v Speaker 2>But then why did you get rid of the bed?

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<v Speaker 2>Was it mandatory to.

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<v Speaker 1>Get rid of it back then? Back then it was?

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<v Speaker 1>And the beard's purpose was to make me not look

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<v Speaker 1>like a cop. And Channel nine was they were doing

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<v Speaker 1>stories on us like once a month about arrests. And

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<v Speaker 1>then they actually helped a couple of rests because people

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<v Speaker 1>saw them their wanted face on TV. And all of

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<v Speaker 1>a sudden, we would get a lot of calls. That's

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<v Speaker 1>actually one of the stories in the book. So we

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<v Speaker 1>did that. We also got involved with the FBI and

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<v Speaker 1>the Marshall Service because we were able to do different

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<v Speaker 1>things that they really had their hands tied. So it

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<v Speaker 1>was a nice, a nice relationship with that and it

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<v Speaker 1>worked out well and we cleared up so many open

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<v Speaker 1>bonds that you know, the work started dwindling, and then

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<v Speaker 1>they came out with bail reform and it totally destroyed

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<v Speaker 1>the whole bail industry.