One former private investigator is taking ride-sharing to a new level – by launching his own application that offers armed drivers that provide peace of mind for customers.
Atlanta-based “Black Wolf” allows riders to request armed drivers, and in the first week since it was launched, there were already around 80,000 downloads according to Atlanta News First.
“I kind of created this app to be very exclusive,” app owner, Kerry KingBrown, said during “Fox & Friends First” Wednesday.
“I’m not competing with Uber, not competing with Lyft because we have a different path. We have a different goal, and our goal is to make sure that we secure each rider.”
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“We wanted to create something for security and safety for all riders,” he continued. “We want to remove the stigma of… things happening in these vehicles with these riders, so that’s why I created the Black Wolf app.”
According to the Black Wolf website, the service officers armed drivers, unarmed drivers and school shuttle drivers.
The services are designed for “corporate executives, high-net-worth individuals, celebrities, women, school kids, and regular people who want peace of mind in this crazy world,” it reads.
“By providing passengers with an Executive Protection Driver trained in private security, we offer affordable unprecedented protection and peace of mind to anyone who needs a lift,” it continued.
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But KingBrown isn’t recruiting just anyone to work for the exclusive ride-sharing company. He has pinpointed a very specific type of employee with expertise in security and public safety.
“I’m making this very exclusive, and I’m making it to the point where I’m setting a standard of those who we’re recruiting,” KingBrown said.
“So I’ve made it known that those who’ve been in the security field, military, law enforcement, those are the guys who…
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