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Philadelphia Police Use LoJack to Recover Stolen Chevrolet Impala, Abandoned and Undamaged

  • October 5, 2012
  • recovery stories
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On Thursday, September 20, 2012, the owner of a 2000 Chevrolet Impala contacted the Philadelphia Police Department to report that their vehicle was stolen from the area of the owner’s residence on 57th Street in West Philadelphia. After verifying the theft, the Philadelphia Police had the Chevrolet’s information entered into the state and federal crime computers, which automatically activated the LoJack transponder concealed in the vehicle.

Minutes later, officers from South Philadelphia picked up the silent LoJack homing signals from the stolen Chevrolet on the Police Tracking Computers installed in their patrol vehicles. Following the directional and audible cues from the LoJack computers, the officers tracked the vehicle to the area of 700 South Rosewood Street, where they observed the parked stolen vehicle. The officers cautiously approached the vehicle and found it unoccupied; they confiscated the Impala for safekeeping and notified the grateful owner.   

The LoJack Vehicle Recovery System was installed in the 200 Chevrolet Impala on July 21, 1999 at Chevrolet of Lowell in Lowell, Massachusetts.


Printed from the LoJack Recovery Story Library.

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