The law requires two employees to arrive at the bank each morning. One employee enters to assess potential security threats and then signals to the other—using a window shade or another visual indicator—that it is safe to enter. This outdated process–which is still standard for banks and credit unions today–was easily exploited in this robbery and many others like it.
Kevin Mullins, the bank’s CEO at the time, witnessed the fallout of the robbery, which was so traumatizing for the employees involved that it led to several resignations. “I remember thinking: we’re trusting human life to paper signs and window shades,” he recalls. The events of that day ignited a new mission for Kevin: to revolutionize public safety by leveraging technology solutions capable of handling sophisticated modern threats.
Today, Kevin has realized this mission at SaferMobility, where he serves as CEO. SaferMobility’s mobile safety and next-gen 911 platform protects universities, banks, and retailers with cutting-edge digital security tools. More broadly, he’s become an advisor and investor in some of the world’s leading public safety tech companies, positioning himself as a Warren Buffett-type figure in his industry.
Mullins’ path to this moment—marked by a series of ventures and projects that redefined safety tech—illustrates how one person’s simple drive to protect others can reshape an entire industry.
How Kevin Mullins Became the Warren Buffett for Public Safety Technology—Building a Portfolio That Has Shaped American Law Enforcement & Security
by / ⠀Data and Security / May 29, 2025
Kevin Mullins was the CEO of a bank that was once robbed, and it led him on a crusade to modernize how banks and public spaces use technology to stay safe. In the process, he’s built a portfolio of some of the fastest-growing law enforcement technology and public safety-related companies in America. Inside Kevin Mullins’ quest to use phones and AI to build a safer world.
Years ago, a bank branch’s morning calm dissolved into terror when robbers entered with guns, zip-tied employees, and held them hostage for hours on end. During a subsequent investigation into the incident, it was determined that the robbers had observed and exploited the bank’s “all clear” opening process–a protocol instated by the 1968 Bank Protection Act.
The law requires two employees to arrive at the bank each morning. One employee enters to assess potential security threats and then signals to the other—using a window shade or another visual indicator—that it is safe to enter. This outdated process–which is still standard for banks and credit unions today–was easily exploited in this robbery and many others like it.
Kevin Mullins, the bank’s CEO at the time, witnessed the fallout of the robbery, which was so traumatizing for the employees involved that it led to several resignations. “I remember thinking: we’re trusting human life to paper signs and window shades,” he recalls. The events of that day ignited a new mission for Kevin: to revolutionize public safety by leveraging technology solutions capable of handling sophisticated modern threats.
Today, Kevin has realized this mission at SaferMobility, where he serves as CEO. SaferMobility’s mobile safety and next-gen 911 platform protects universities, banks, and retailers with cutting-edge digital security tools. More broadly, he’s become an advisor and investor in some of the world’s leading public safety tech companies, positioning himself as a Warren Buffett-type figure in his industry.
Mullins’ path to this moment—marked by a series of ventures and projects that redefined safety tech—illustrates how one person’s simple drive to protect others can reshape an entire industry.
The law requires two employees to arrive at the bank each morning. One employee enters to assess potential security threats and then signals to the other—using a window shade or another visual indicator—that it is safe to enter. This outdated process–which is still standard for banks and credit unions today–was easily exploited in this robbery and many others like it.
Kevin Mullins, the bank’s CEO at the time, witnessed the fallout of the robbery, which was so traumatizing for the employees involved that it led to several resignations. “I remember thinking: we’re trusting human life to paper signs and window shades,” he recalls. The events of that day ignited a new mission for Kevin: to revolutionize public safety by leveraging technology solutions capable of handling sophisticated modern threats.
Today, Kevin has realized this mission at SaferMobility, where he serves as CEO. SaferMobility’s mobile safety and next-gen 911 platform protects universities, banks, and retailers with cutting-edge digital security tools. More broadly, he’s become an advisor and investor in some of the world’s leading public safety tech companies, positioning himself as a Warren Buffett-type figure in his industry.
Mullins’ path to this moment—marked by a series of ventures and projects that redefined safety tech—illustrates how one person’s simple drive to protect others can reshape an entire industry.
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