craigslist robberies

I suppose there is a particular problem justifying it temporarily in Milwaukee -- I can't imagine police departments doing this everywhere : it does not sounds like a regular police job in my mind --. I have always used mail delivery for items bought on Ebay and I think that doing the transaction with the buyer/seller at home can be an option only for bulky items. I am not sure that a police department is convenient if you have sold a couch or a freezer and you have to bring it there.

I think people just need to use more common sense. Common sense says never give out your address to strangers, always choose a public place to do your transactions.. and take the money before you hand over the goods! I've done a few Craigslist transactions, most of them done in public places. I've sold some school books, and usually asked to meet in a mall parking lot. I bought a coat and the seller asked to meet outside a restaurant central to both of us. These are places where there will be a lot of people around, which will limit crime and roberies. It's good that the police are getting involved to make it safer, but I don't see why people can't just use their heads!

I think that this is a good idea. I know that there are a lot of good deals to be found on Craigslist, but there are many out there that are up to no good. Glad to hear that the police department is paying attention and allowing people to do their business there.

I like to sell things online but I do worry about the safety of strangers coming to my home. I usually only sell locally on facebook or on ebay where I send the packages out and the people dont come to my house obviously. I think the Milwaukee police department is awesome for letting people go there to do transactions. That is such a good idea. Hopefully it stops the problems with people harming people because of craigslist. There are crazy people out there and its sad they stalk craigslist looking for people to victimize.

For many people too stupid to take precautions themselves I think this is a great idea--but it should not be necessary. I applaud the cops for letting people meet at their stations but they have to do that only because many people are too dumb and trusting to take common sense precautions. Of course, in some cases like this one of the crazy murdering job applicants, they can win their trust and then kill them elsewhere but at least there would be a record and maybe a video of the crazy, evil guy. People have forgotten common sense precautions because the internet is part of nearly everyone's life here in America. They no longer think they need to take precautions like meeting in a busy public place, etc. Maybe it's time to get those rules back into the public's mind.

that is a wonderful idea! I think that all police departments should allow this, if not the police department then a public government building where a lot of people are. Still, the police department is the best bet. It really weeds out the dishonest ones too!

That's a good idea! I mean, I can see why people might still not want to conduct transactions there - if they don't have a car and it's not close, it's so much more convenient to have someone come to your home or meet you closer to home - but in general, I think this should give people a good option to safely conduct transactions. The only thing that is worrisome is that police stations maybe shouldn't be places where people do business, you know? I'm not sure... It's good that the police are finding ways to make things safer for people and preventing crime rather than letting it happen and then dealing with it.

That actually is a good idea and practice in the US. Unfortunately if that were to happen in my country, chances are the buyer and seller will be "taxed" by our police. I live in a country where people don't trust the police and we have every reason for doing so because the corruption of our government goes down to the smallest government body. If such a transaction would happen here, chances are the buyer would get robbed of the goods and the seller would get robbed of the money before they can even get home.

I think it is great that the Police Department is allowing people to do transactions at their locations. It really is much safer than letting people know where you live and you are less likely to be robbed or attacked in any way. Buyers might not feel comfortable in that kind of situation, but if they understand the reasoning they should be ok with it.

I think people just need to use more common sense. Common sense says never give out your address to strangers, always choose a public place to do your transactions.. and take the money before you hand over the goods! I've done a few Craigslist transactions, most of them done in public places. I've sold some school books, and usually asked to meet in a mall parking lot. I bought a coat and the seller asked to meet outside a restaurant central to both of us. These are places where there will be a lot of people around, which will limit crime and roberies. It's good that the police are getting involved to make it safer, but I don't see why people can't just use their heads!

I actually think that this is a great idea and it wouldn't necessarily have to all be done by the police department. I think that the various fire stations would be able to do this as well and would be just as safe of a place. Besides that, if fire stations were involved, there there would be a lot more places that this could be offered and it would also mean that the person that is selling an item probably wouldn't have to go as far away from home.

I am not entirely sure how I feel about this issue. It does seem like a strange place to make business transactions like this, especially if there is a high volume of these types of transactions. On the other hand, public safety is exactly what the police are trying to ensure, so if this makes people safer, then it might actually make their job easier in the long run.

I like that they took the initiate, but you always take a risk when using craigslist.

that's a great idea! yes of course its safer to conduct transactions in a police department, and yes, if the other party is uncomfortable with it there must be something fishy with it! nice idea!

You gotta update me those news on robberies from craigslist though. I don't know if someone really do a robbery on broad daylight. I won't mind to do a transaction face to face with a person, but if that is the case, I scare to do posting craigslist again.

the police department is very kind to have this offer. I suppose more police department such offer this. As police department is to help and protect poeple, if the idea is effective, why not ?