The pretty-please-with-a-cherry-on-top method of serving a warrant.
In Lansing, Michigan they are waiving costs and fines on bench warrants if you would just be kind enough to turn yourself in.
After the amnesty period, officers will do a warrant sweep to pick up the rest of the offenders, going to their homes and workplaces to track them down. If arrested, those with warrants could spend time in jail until they can bail themselves out.The sweep just doesn't strike me as something which will put fear in the heart of the absconders. They already have "7,000 residents with outstanding bench warrants;" if the sheriff or police departments could have found them to begin with do you think they'd have 7,000 outstanding warrants?
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