Selling that sofa online? Think about going to the cop shop - Tulsa World
It’s in the back of your mind: ‘I hope this person is OK and everything turns out all right,’” said Velleman, 44, a pharmaceutical executive assistant for a pharmaceutical company who lives north of Boston in Georgetown. “Online safe zones” like the one Velleman uses are popping up at police stations nationwide as authorities try to clamp down on crime associated with online trade between strangers. More than 100 police departments — including the Broken Arrow Police Department — now provide space in their lobbies or parking lots where people can make their deals and know that police are only feet away. But it urges common-sense precautions including meeting in a public place, not inviting strangers into your home, having a friend accompany you and “making high-value exchanges at your local police station. If you would like to receive unlimited digital access to tulsaworld. com, please subscribe to one of our digital-only packages. If you would like the newspaper delivered to your home and unlimited digital access, please subscribe to one of our print + digital packages. Source: www.tulsaworld.com
