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Uber refuses to introduce additional checks after driver kills six people
Taxi service Uber will not introduce additional checks on drivers after a series of murders in Michigan. Jason Dalton, suspected of committing crimes, turned out to be an Uber driver.
In connection with the incident, the company held a press conference at which it was announced that the tightening of checks and requirements for drivers when hiring will not help prevent such cases.
Uber recalled that Jason Dalton had never violated the law before the attacks, and during his audit, nothing was found that could alert company employees. Requiring drivers to give fingerprints when they are hired would be discriminatory.
Former Boston Police Commissioner Ed Davis, who works as a security consultant for Uber, said no test can predict the future.
“Nothing that we can do in this case, no improvements, nothing would change,” said Uber security director Joe Sullivan. “There were no warning signs that would make us expect something like this” (English).
- On February 20, 45-year-old Jason Dalton opened fire at three different locations in Kalamazoo County, Michigan. As a result, six people died (initially it was reported about seven dead), two more were injured.
- The motives of the perpetrator are still unknown. It turned out only that Dalton was an Uber driver and transported passengers on the day of the attack.
- When accepting drivers, Uber asks them to provide personal data, rights, pension certificate and car insurance. Uber then verifies jobseekers' residences within the last seven years and seeks records of them in local, county and federal courts.