The Plattsburgh Police Department is hoping to make online sales a little bit easier. The department has created Internet Exchange Zones in its parking lot. Interim police Chief Michael Branch said the zones provide a safe and secure location for the exchange of items sold online through social media and classified advertisement websites. "It's safer to do it down here in our police parking lot that has lighting, video surveillance and police officers coming and going just conducting their own normal business. So you're doing it in that environment. You don't have to have people come to your home that you don't know or go to a strangers home that you don't know ... You can come down here," Branch said. The Internet Exchange Zone was installed earlier this week and is available for anyone to use

The Plattsburgh Police Department is hoping to make online sales a little bit easier.


The department has created Internet Exchange Zones in its parking lot.

Interim police Chief Michael Branch said the zones provide a safe and secure location for the exchange of items sold online through social media and classified advertisement websites.

"It's safer to do it down here in our police parking lot that has lighting, video surveillance and police officers coming and going just conducting their own normal business. So you're doing it in that environment. You don't have to have people come to your home that you don't know or go to a strangers home that you don't know ... You can come down here," Branch said.

The Internet Exchange Zone was installed earlier this week and is available for anyone to use