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Exploring the Pros and Cons of a Law Enforcement Officer as Your Driver

The discussion explores the benefits and challenges of employing law enforcement officers as drivers in armed rideshare services. Highlighting the potential benefits of safety and security, it also addresses the financial costs and liabilities involved. Scenarios such as escorting high-risk individuals or minors are used to evaluate the market's viability.

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By Mike Matranga · Armed Rideshare ServicesBlack WolfLaw Enforcement OfficerRideshare Services
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Key takeaways

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Higher security comes with higher costs.

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Potential liabilities and misconduct risks exist.

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Vetted officers could ensure safety for minors.

Mike Matranga and Mike Monsive discuss the challenges of making armed rideshare services like Black Wolf beneficial and cost-effective. They question whether passengers would be willing to pay higher fees for a law enforcement officer as your driver during a 30 or 45-minute ride.

The conversation delves into hypothetical scenarios where an armed driver might be necessary, such as escorting a casino winner back to their hotel. However, they also highlight the potential liabilities and risks associated with such services. For instance, if an officer escorts a passenger to their room, it could lead to accusations of assault or misconduct.

The discussion also touches on the possibility of a law enforcement officer as your driver for minors in certain situations, ensuring vetted and trained individuals take on the role without acting as law enforcement officers.

The conversation highlights the complexities of offering armed rideshare services and the need to carefully consider the benefits and potential liabilities associated with such arrangements.

The conversation highlights the complexities of offering armed rideshare services and the need to carefully consider the benefits and potential liabilities associated with such arrangements.

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How do you make this beneficial? I mean, if you're truly taking you know, a thirty or forty five minute ride in a vehicle, is are you willing to pay sixty, seventy, eighty dollars for an armed person. I need to know hypothetical situations of why you would need an armed driver. Mean, you gave a good example of someone winning money at a casino and then wanting to be, you know, escorted back to their hotel by an Uber driver who's carrying a gun through or I I say Uber. I mean, a Blackhawk Blackhawk. I apologize. Black Wolf. Driver who's carrying a gun. That person's not gonna walk you to your room. I mean, unless that that's a service that that they wanna offer and you're welcome. I just gave you a quick little, bit of free. Yeah. There's another one. Well, you know, like, I could be Yeah. If you wanna make it worth your while, have them escort the client to their room to their final destination. You're welcome, mister Brown. Well, I mean, then there's a whole liability on that. Right? Now we show the officer going towards somebody's room. Oh, I was assaulted. Right? Now what I didn't assault you scored you to the room, I walked back to the vehicle. I mean, it's one of those things. Like, this is a really slippery slope. I I, you know, one thing I could think of as a parent, right, you know, Uber has minimum age brothers. But, I know parents who have been in for whatever reason and their kids had to take an Uber. They sent them an Uber. Yeah. I sent them an Uber. Right? Yeah. Whatever that may be. I need to ride from here to there. They got jammed up. Somebody's in the hospital, whatever. Whatever the situation is, and and the child ends up taking an Uber, right, the parent sends it to him or whatever. But that could be a service that maybe that is something that for a certain age minor, who needs to come back around, maybe you would want to have somebody who's had a vetted security background check or who is a current law enforcement officer because we know at that point, at least the the person not a felon. Well, they're held to a certain standard. They're held to the same standard as a law enforcement officer. But now you're putting a minor in the custody of a law enforcement officer. But they're not serving in the capacity of a law enforcement officer agreed So, I mean, you know, that could be a service that I would say would say. They get all the training. They get all the vetting and all the benefits of having a law enforcement officer. Escorting their child or transporting their child, but they're not serving in the capacity of a law enforcement officer.

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