Chevrolet Silverado Stolen from Reno Construction Yard, Recovered Undamaged Minutes Later
- June 15, 2012
- recovery stories
On the afternoon of May 16, 2012, the owner of a 2003 Chevrolet Silverado discovered that unknown suspects had entered their fenced-in construction yard and stolen the pickup. The victim contacted the Reno Police Department to report the theft.
Reno officers prepared a vehicle theft report and had the Silverado’s information entered into the state and federal crime computer databases. This routine police action automatically activated the LoJack transponder concealed in the Silverado, prompting it to begin emitting a silent homing signal. Neither the owners nor law enforcement agents had to do anything else to initiate the LoJack tracking system, as LoJack’s interface with the police is both seamless and instantaneous.
Less than 20 minutes later, officers with the Reno Police Department and the Washoe County Sheriffs Department both began to receive the Silverado’s homing signal on the LoJack Police Tracking Computers (PTCs) installed in their patrol cars. By following the directional and signal strength cues from their PTCs, the officers quickly tracked the Silverado to a vacant lot in south Reno, near S. Virginia and Del Monte. There, they located the undamaged vehicle, parked and abandoned. The officers recovered the Silverado, and returned it to grateful owner at the recovery scene.