LLOYDMINSTER – Lloydminster RCMP have set up a safe exchange zone on the east side of the detachment at 5106 – 44 Street.
Three designated parking stalls were designed to assist with facilitating safe online transactions and police encourage anyone buying or selling items online to arrange to meet at the detachment.
“If the other party is reluctant, that’s typically a red flag and caution should be used with executing the transaction,” said Cst. Kelsey Davidge, Public Information Officer for Alberta RCMP.
The sites are monitored by cameras. Anyone fearing for their safety, or notices red flags, can go inside to the police detachment’s front counter, or pick up the yellow phone outside the front door after hours to be connected with an officer. In the case of an emergency, call 911.
The safe zone has also been used as a child custody exchange site.
Lloydminster RCMP is on the Alberta side of Lloydminster but also serves the Saskatchewan side of the city.
Story corrected to say the sites are monitored by cameras.
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