BIG BROTHER SEES YOU ON LONG ISLAND

DRIVERS BEWARE. FIRST CAME SURVEILLANCE CAMERAS. THEN NASSAU COUNTY INSTALLED HUNDREDS OF RED LIGHT CAMERAS. NOW MASSAPEQUA PARK IS INSTALLING PARKING VIOLATION SENSORS. IN NOVEMBER 5O SENSORS WILL BE INSTALLED UNDER THE STREETS TO DETECT ILLEGALLY PARKED CARS NEAR THE PARK BLVD. BUSINESS CENTER. THE WIRELESS DISCS WILL NOTIFY POLICE OFFICERS VIA CELL PHONE WHEN A CAR IS PARKED ILLEGALLY IN CERTAIN AREAS OF MASSAPEQUA PARK. THIS WILL ALLOW OFFICERS TO QUICKLY TICKET VEHICLES WITHOUT HAVING TO DRIVE ROUNDS TO KNOW WHEN PARKING INFRACTIONS ARE COMITTED. VILLAGE OFFICIALS CLAIM THAT THE NEW MEASURE HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH RAISING REVENUE. MAYOR JAMES ALTADONNA SAID "IT’S A SAFETY ISSUE." THE $25 FINES WILL MAKE THE TRIAL OF THE DEVICES SUCCESSFUL. SO EXPECT THE SENSORS TO BECOME PERMANENT BY THE BEGINNING OF 2012. ALSO, DON’T BE SURPRISED WHEN THEY ARE INSTALLED IN YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD.