 The Bemidji Police Department is now providing a safe place for the public to complete online transactions. Safe spots are now located in two locations in Bemidji. The spots are located in City Lot 4 near the Fire Hall in downtown Bemidji and in the Target parking lot on the northwest side of the town. Police will be monitoring and patrolling the two locations on a regular basis as a way to help ensure safe transactions. So predominantly these transactions are cash only and they're with strangers and with Craigslist and Facebook sales and we wanted them to go together and meet some place that they feel safe meeting because they are sometimes a complete stranger and they're meeting in the area that they're they know they feel secure in so we put this together hoping that people really like it and would be happy having these places to meet. The Bemidji Police Department says they hope to add two more safe spot locations in the coming months. If you enjoyed this segment of Lakeland News please consider making a tax deductible contribution to Lakeland PBS.