If you’ve ever sold an item on the Internet on a site like Craigslist.com or through another type of classified ad, you may be familiar with the feeling of uneasiness that comes with having to meet up with a stranger to make a sales transaction. Anything can happen, depending upon the meeting place, even here in New Tampa.
To help combat crimes that can occur during meetings to exchange goods and cash involved with online sales transactions, the Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office (HCSO) is offering up safe parking lots by beginning “Operation Safe Sale.”
The operation authorizes the use of HCSO’s four patrol district office parking lots throughout the county to be used as meeting places. Currently, the lots are being used for parents involved in custody issues to exchange children; they are well-lit and constantly under video surveillance.
The closest parking lot for New Tampa residents is located at HCSO Patrol District 1 at 14102 N. 20th St., (just south of Tampa Palms) near E. Bearss Ave., a about a mile east of Bruce B. Downs (BBD) Blvd. For more info, please visit HCSO.Tampa.fl.us.
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