Rule 530 - County Bail Agency(A) BCPS Pretrial Services, is hereby designated as the county bail agency. Its duties and powers shall be as follows:(1) To investigate and evaluate the bail risk of Defendants accused of crimes for purposes of nominal bail or percentage cash bail programs.(2) To be surety on certain nominal bail bonds or percentage cash bail bonds.(3) To furnish the results of such investigations to a Defendant applying for percentage cash bail or nominal bail, to the Magisterial District Judge and to the court, as may be appropriate, for release of said Defendant on nominal or percentage cash bail, such recommendation to include any special conditions for release that should be imposed in connection with such release.(4) To keep account of the whereabouts and supervise the activities of the Defendants released on such nominal bail or percentage cash bail programs.(5) To make reasonable rules and regulations to enable it to carry out its functions as bail agency, such rules and regulations being subject to review by the court.(6)The sum of money furnished as percentage cash bail shall be retained by the County of Berks and applied to the cost of operating the percentage cash bail program, including, but not limited to, the cost incurred by the county bail agency in supervising and monitoring Defendants in the percentage cash bail program.(7) Each Defendant who posts percentage cash bail shall accept, as a condition of said bail, monitoring and supervision by the county bail agency and shall report in person to the county bail agency not later than 11:00 A.M. on the first working day after his or her release on percentage cash bail and shall follow all of the supervisory and monitoring regulations of the county bail agency, so long as such Defendant remains free on percentage cash bail.(B) Any information obtained by the county bail agency in carrying out its duties as bail agency which was obtained from, or concerns, a Defendant shall not be disclosed to any person or entity other than the Defendant, counsel for the Defendant, the Magisterial District Judge or the Court, and then only to the extent necessary or helpful in determining whether bail should be allowed, and if so, the amount and type of bail.(C) A Magisterial District Judge or the Court may impose such special conditions for release of Defendant as deemed necessary with special conditions shall be set forth in the bail bond and may include supervision of Defendant by BCPS Pretrial Services as bail agency in accordance with bail agency rules and regulations. The county bail agency shall inform the Magisterial District Judge or the Court, as appropriate, of any violation by a Defendant of any of the terms or conditions of his or her release and such Defendant shall be brought before the Magisterial District Judge or the Court by the bail agency to determine if bail should be revoked or forfeited or additional bail should be required. If a Defendant cannot be produced or otherwise fails to appear when wanted, the Magisterial District Judge or the Court may take appropriate action for requiring compliance by Defendant, including the revocation or forfeiture of bail.