BELLINGHAM, Mass., Dec. 3 (UPI) — A police department in Massachusetts has set out to create a safe place for people to meet up and complete sales transactions made online.
The Bellingham Police Department announced that it would offer their parking lot as an “Internet Purchase Exchange Location” via a post on Facebook.
“With the increasing popularity of Facebook yard sales and other buying and selling apps BPD has decided to offer the use of our parking lot to conduct such exchanges,” the post read. “We encourage our residents or anyone who participates in these types of transactions in the area to take advantage of this location.”
Completing sales made online has occasionally been linked with violence with high profile cases such as the “Craigslist Killer” taking advantage of the services to lure unsuspecting victims.
The Bellingham service follows a slow-moving trend that included the nearby Upton Police Department offering a similar space.
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