Police establish safe handoff zone
The SPVM has created a safe trading zone outside its station on Ste-Catherine near Bishop, where people can meet to hand off items bought online. After two incidents noted this year – both near Jarry metro station in the daytime – in which people were attacked while trying to deliver a phone to a buyer, I guess it became obvious we need places where this kind of thing can be carried out safely. The SPVM plans to create more of them.
Blork 14:15 on 2019-12-18 Permalink
Oh my, that’s convenient for me, given I work on that block. (No more hustling over to McGill or whatever; now I can justify doing the dropoff steps from where I work.)
There’s nothing in the article that says if the area is marked, and I didn’t see anything when I walked by there a minute ago.
Spi 23:54 on 2019-12-18 Permalink
I suposse they’ll install extra cameras and the general area around the super special police parking will be the “safe trading zone”
Bert 10:15 on 2019-12-19 Permalink
I wonder if the police are open to verify the serial number of whatever is being sold / traded at the same time.