Locals can use the ETPD “Safe Transaction Zone” to safely complete online purchases from online yard-sale type sites.
The Evesham Township Police Department encourages residents to take full advantage of the department’s “Safe Transaction Zone” for purchases made from online sites where individuals meet in person to complete transactions.
The safe transaction zone was created and implemented in April of 2015 to help protect citizens as robberies, thefts and scams became more prevalent with online transaction sites.
The zone has been set up in the lobby of the Evesham Township Police Headquarters, at 984 Tuckerton Road.
The lobby and surrounding parking lots are well-lit and monitored by a surveillance system. The lobby is open 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday.
Anyone using one of the facilities to complete a transaction is asked to notify the front desk. Residents using the facilities during the weekend or after hours are encouraged to use the parking lots, which are under video surveillance.
Of note, however, members of the department do participate in transactions or act as witnesses, and employees are not available for legal advice or allowed to settle disputes between parties involved in transactions occurring in the department’s facilities.
Transactions involving weapons, drugs or drug paraphernalia are also barred from the zone.
