Port Moody adds exchange zone; second buy/sell site in Tri-Cities

By Jeremy Shepherd ● Community ● May 25, 2023 May 25, 2023

photo supplied Port Moody Police Department

Buyers should still beware – but maybe they don’t have to be quite as wary.

Port Moody residents can now meet up and finish off online transactions at the new exchange zone, located at 3051 St. Johns St. in front of the Port Moody Police Department. The zone is meant to decrease incidents of fraud, theft and robbery.

Besides exchanging cash for goods, police also recommend using the spot to “transfer children between parents and/or guardians,” according to a release from the department.

The exchange zone is under surveillance by multiple CCTV cameras, according to Port Moody police.

“There are certainly risks to carrying out online transactions,” stated Port Moody Police Department spokesperson Const. Sam Zacharias. “While we cannot guarantee everyone’s safety, we do recommend using public venues like this exchange zone to complete these types of transactions to limit risk.”

Police recommend using the exchange zone from Monday to Friday between 8 a.m. to 7 p.m.

Earlier this year, Coquitlam RCMP added a similar exchange zone outside the police detachment at 2986 Guildford Way.

While not actively monitored, the spot is constantly under video surveillance and should allow for quick assistance if necessary, according to a release from Coquitlam RCMP.

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A chiropractor and a folk singer, after having one great kid, decided to push their luck and have one more, a boy they named Jeremy Shepherd.

Shepherd grew up around Blue Mountain Park in Coquitlam, following a basketball around and trying his best to get to the NBA (it didn’t work out, at least not yet).

With no career plans after graduating Porter Elementary school, Jeremy Shepherd pursued higher education at Como Lake Middle School and eventually, Centennial High School.

Approximately 1,000 movies and several beers later in life, Shepherd made a change.

Having done nothing worth writing, he decided to see if he could write something worth reading.

Since graduating journalism school at Langara College, Shepherd has been a reporter, editor and, reluctantly, a content provider for community newspapers around Metro Vancouver for more than 10 years.

He worked with dogged reporters, eloquently indignant curmudgeons and creative photographers, all of whom shared a little of what they knew.

Now, as he goes about the business of raising two fascinating humans alongside a wonderful partner, Shepherd is delighted to report news and tell stories in the Tri-Cities.

He runs, reads, and is intrigued by art, science, smart cities and new ideas. He is pleased to meet you.

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