The NYPD debuted a new weapon in its war against parking violators late Thursday, flashing a "windshield boot" for the first time. Stream Connecticut News for free, 24/7, wherever you are. Also called ...

NEW YORK (PIX11) – The NYPD has rolled out a new parking enforcement tool that locks onto a vehicle’s windshield. The windshield boot, also known as the “barnacle device,” can immobilize vehicles that ...

The "Barnacle Device" is a 17-pound tool that sticks to the windshield like a commercial-grade suction. New York City’s Police Department has revealed a new weapon called “windshield boots,” also ...

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — The NYPD has deployed a new tactic in combatting illegally parked semi-trucks and other vehicles with excessive, unpaid fines. A photo of “The Barnacle” — which attaches to the ...

Enforcement of unpaid parking tickets has begun with a windshield blocker called Barnacle, the operators of Scranton’s downtown parking system remind motorists. The suction device that sticks to a ...

BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) -- The traditional parking-enforcement "boot" is getting the boot. The city of Bend has implemented a new tool to enforce parking ticket payments. If you have several outstanding ...

It's a familiar scene. A car with excessive unpaid parking fines is rendered immobile by a "boot" or clamp on its wheel. The result is a new headache for the driver and parking enforcement. The car's ...

New Orleans' latest high-tech parking enforcement devices -- license-plate-scanning cameras and "boots" that motorists can remove themselves -- brought in more than $1 million in less than nine months ...

Boots are back this fall on city streets — and they’re found more and more on the wheels of vehicles belonging to scofflaw motorists. It’s hard not to notice them — they’re dressed up in classic ...

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