Police Departments Offering Stations As Craigslist Safety Zones

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In a growing trend around the country, some police departments are offering their lobbies or parking lots as safe areas where the public can safely conduct legal transactions from online marketplaces such as Craigslist.

There is a rising trend among police departments to make their stations available to the public for Craigslist transactions.
The Seattle Police Department has offered up the use of their lobby, while in Connecticut, the continuously monitored parking lot adjacent to the Hartford Police Department has become the location for what they’re calling