LoJack Helps Broward County Deputies Recover Kawasaki Motorcycle Stolen in Palm Beach
- September 21, 2012
- recovery stories
On Saturday evening, July 14, 2012, the owner of a 2006 Kawasaki ZX1000 motorcycle discovered the bike missing from his home after returning from military duty and contacted the Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office to report it stolen.
Palm Beach County deputies verified the theft and had the Kawasaki’s information entered into the state and federal crime computers, which automatically activated the LoJack transponder concealed in the motorcycle.
A short while later, a Broward County Sheriff’s Office deputy picked up the silent LoJack homing signal from the stolen Kawasaki on his on-board LoJack Police Tracking computer (PTC). The deputy verified the theft information by having his dispatcher query the Reply Code that appeared on the PTC display. Following the directional and audible cues on their PTC’s screen, the officer, along with backup, located the vehicle in the 1100 block of Cove Lake Road in North Lauderdale, Florida. The vehicle was recovered, towed to the police impound yard for safekeeping, and removed from federal and state crime computer systems.
The LoJack Vehicle Recovery System was installed in the Kawasaki ZX1000 motorcycle on March 2, 2006 at Palmetto Motorsports in Hialeah, Florida and has been protecting it ever since.