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Stolen Ford Ranger Quickly Recovered with Help of Multiple Colorado Agencies Using LoJack

  • August 23, 2012
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On July 30, 2012, the owners of a 2005 Ford Ranger contacted the Denver Police Department to report that their vehicle was stolen. The police verified the theft and entered the Ford’s information into the state and federal crime computers, which automatically activated the LoJack transponder concealed in the pickup truck.  LoJack is the only theft recovery system that is directly operated by law enforcement and this interface is seamless and instantaneous.

A short while later, officers from three law enforcement agencies – Englewood,  Jefferson County and Denver – picked up the silent LoJack homing signals from the stolen tuck with the LoJack Police Tracking Computers (PTCs) that are installed in patrol vehicles and aircraft.  The LoJack PTC provides officers with on-board information which permits them to locate the stolen vehicle quickly and with an increased margin of safety.

Following the directional and audible cues from the LoJack PTCs, the officers tracked the vehicle to the area of 7500 East Arkansas Avenue.  There, Denver officers located the unoccupied Ford and returned it to the very happy owner at the recovery scene.

The LoJack Vehicle Recovery System was installed in this Ford Ranger in May 2006 at the request of a previous owner at Barbee’s Freeway Ford.


Printed from the LoJack Recovery Story Library.

LoJack® unit activation is contingent upon the vehicle being located within LoJack’s coverage area that spans counties across 29 states throughout the U.S. and District of Columbia. You may find LoJack’s coverage areas at www.lojack.com/coverage or by calling 1-800-4-LoJack.

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