Yonkers, New York, is deploying automated ‘Safety Sticks’ to combat illegal parking, a move that introduces new surveillance technology to city streets. These solar-powered devices, from vendor Municipal Parking Services, photograph vehicles in prohibited zones, creating time-stamped evidence for the city to issue parking tickets. While officials tout the system as a fix for dangerous double-parking that obstructs buses and traffic, the program shifts enforcement from police officers to a privatized, automated process. A police detective dismisses privacy objections by questioning why law-abiding citizens would be concerned. The program is currently in a data-gathering phase with no active ticketing, but it represents a further expansion of private-public surveillance partnerships in municipal governance, prioritizing enforcement efficiency over concerns about data collection, vendor incentives, and the potential for error or mission creep in automated policing.