ORLANDO, Fla. – On Saturday night, 22-year-old man was shot to death in Sanford during a meetup for the sale of a pair of headphones, police said.
Several law enforcement agencies throughout Central Florida have set up exchange zones in their parking lots to offer safe places to conduct online sales transactions.
News 6 compiled a county-by-county list of those locations:
Brevard County
The Brevard County Sheriff’s Office has “Exchange Safety Zones” which allows citizens to safely make property exchanges and online initiated sales transactions in the front parking areas of their offices located at:
North Precinct
2290 Columbia Blvd., Titusville
East Precinct
2575 N. Courtenay Parkway, Merritt Island
Canaveral Precinct
111 Polk Ave., Cape Canaveral
West Precinct
2725 Judge Fran Jamieson Way, Bldg. E, Viera
South Precinct
1515 Sarno Road, Building B, Melbourne
The Cocoa Police Department has an “Internet Purchase Exchange Zone” at their headquarters located at 1226 W. King St.
The Melbourne Police Department located at 650 N Apollo Blvd. offers their lobby as a place to meet for online sales transactions.
Flagler County
The Flagler County Sheriff’s Office has two Safe Exchange Zones: 1 each in the parking lot of FCSO buildings located at:
- Flagler County Sheriff’s Operations Center & District 3 Building
- 61 Sheriff E.W. Johnston Drive, Bunnell
- Flagler County Sheriff’s Office Palm Coast - District 2 Office
- 14 Palm Harbor Village Way, Palm Coast
The Flagler Beach Police Department has an “Online Transaction Safe Place” in their lobby or parking lot located at 204 South Flagler Ave.
Lake County
Lady Lake police offers their parking lot and lobby to conduct physical transactions arranged through online marketplaces. Their address is 423 Fennell Blvd.
Marion County
The Ocala Police Department offers an “E-Commerce Exchange Zone” located in the parking lot directly in front of the department’s headquarters at 402 South Pine Ave.
Orange County
Orange County Sheriff’s Office offers an “E-Commerce Exchange Zone” in their headquarters parking lot at 2500 West Colonial Drive.
The Ocoee Police Department has a “Safe Exchange Zone” for internet and social media sales or purchases as as well as child custody exchanges located at in the department’s parking lot at 646 Ocoee Commerce Parkway.
UCF police offers “Safe Spots” for e-commerce exchanges in their parking lot located at 3610 Libra Drive.
Osceola County
The Osceola County Sheriff’s Office offers a “Safe Exchange Zone” locations in the parking lot of their facilities to complete business transactions. In addition, the zones may be used for child visitation exchanges. They can be found at:
Main Office
2601 E. Irlo Bronson Memorial Highway, Kissimmee
West Office
2000 N. Poinciana Blvd., Kissimmee
South Office
4547-B Pleasant Hill Road, Poinciana
Seminole County
The Seminole County Sheriff’s Office offers several “Safe Exchange Zones” that can be used for online purchase exchanges as well as an area for parents to safely exchange their children as part of the “Safe Exchange of Minor Children” law. The parking spaces are marked by “Safe Exchange Zone” signs and are located in front of their main and region office buildings at:
- Main Office
- 100 Eslinger Way, Sanford
- East Region Office
- 1225 East Broadway St., Oviedo
- South Region Office
- 120 West Pineview St., Altamonte Springs
- North Regio Office
- 805 Primera Blvd., Lake Mary
Winter Springs Police Department offers an “Internet Purchase Exchange Location” in their parking lot located at 300 North Moss Road.
Sumter County
The Sumter County Sheriff’s Office offers two “Safe Exchange Zones” reserved for anyone making child custody exchanges, private property, and E-Commerce transactions. They are located at:
- Bushnell Office
- 250 E McCollum Ave,. Bushnell
- Wildwood Office
- 7361 Powell Road, Wildwood
Volusia County
The Volusia County Sheriff’s Office offers several “Safe Exchange Zones.” They can be found at the following locations:
- The Volusia Family Resource Center
- 3747 W. International Speedway Blvd., Daytona Beach
- District 3 North
- 1435 U.S. 1, Ormond Beach
- District 3 South
- 124 N. Riverside Drive, New Smyrna Beach
- District 4
- 1691 Providence Blvd., Deltona
- District 6
- 79 S. Charles R. Beall Blvd., DeBary
The city of South Daytona offers “Safe Exchange Zones” in the parking lot in front of the police department located at 1672 South Ridgewood Ave,
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