BELLMEAD, Texas - The Bellmead Police Department has launched a safe exchange zone, offering its front parking lot as a neutral, surveilled location for online marketplace transactions and child custody exchanges.

The program is open to anyone - not just Bellmead residents - and is already in effect.

What the program offersThe Bellmead PD parking lot features 24-hour video surveillance with cameras at each corner of the building, as well as interior cameras monitored by a dispatcher around the clock.