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Internet buyers and sellers in Monaca, Pa., now have a safe place in the borough to exchange items.
Monaca Council on Tuesday approved creating a safe drop zone at the municipal building for Craigslist shoppers and Facebook sellers to meet. The space can also be used for safe custody exchanges. Read more here.
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The Randolph County (Ill.) Sheriff’s Office is offering its front lobby as a safe space for internet purchases.
Buyers and sellers can complete online transactions in the lobby 24 hours a day. However, firearm transactions are not permitted in the lobby. The front parking lot of the building is also under video surveillance for those wanting to make a deal on a larger item, such as a car. Read more here. To counter the increase in violent crimes during meetings to conduct online transactions, San Diego is joining other cities across the country by designating parking spots outside police stations for buyers and sellers to complete online transactions.
The police station in Rancho Peñasquitos is the first of its kind in the county. While officers do not actively monitor the transactions, the well-lit, marked parking spaces are monitored by surveillance cameras 24 hours a day. And they are in clear view of the front doors of the Northeastern Division station, at 13396 Salmon Road. Read more here. The Moreno Valley (Calif.) Police Department has set up a Swap Zone in the Police Department parking lot to provide residents with another option to buy and sell items.
The new site at 22850 Calle San Juan de Los Lagos in Moreno Valley offers distinct signage and is monitored by a Citywide Camera to record transaction. See more here. The San Mateo County Sheriff's Office will start an “Internet Safe Exchange Zone” in San Mateo County this week. The exchange zone is at the Maple Street Correctional Center in Redwood City, one of the safest buildings in the Peninsula. The new state-of-the-art jail has 24-hour video surveillance, has a heavy law enforcement presence and is across the street from the Redwood City Police Department. San Mateo County is one of the first in California to implement the exchange zone. Read more here. The Los Angeles Police Department, Operations-South Bureau introduced E-Commerce Exchange Zones on June 27. The intent is to provide locations to encourage people to conduct online transactions inside the lobbies of nine LAPD stations in the Operations-South and West Bureau's.
This is the first time the LAPD has been a part of providing exchange zone locations for these types of transactions. Read more here. |
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