None of the six people killed in Michigan Saturday by Uber driver Jason Dalton were his passengers, but the shooting spree has brought a fresh round of scrutiny to how the fastest-growing startup in history vets its drivers.
Uber says that its screening process didn’t turn up any criminal record for Dalton before he was cleared to begin picking up passengers in late January, a finding confirmed by the Kalamazoo County prosecutor. “A background check is just that,” said Ed Davis, a former Boston police commissioner who serves on Uber’s Safety Advisory Board, which counsels the company on security matters.
