Hollywood (FL) Officers Use LoJack to Recover Stolen Honda CBR1000 Motorcycle
- November 4, 2012
- recovery stories
On Tuesday morning, October 9, 2012, the owner of a 2007 Honda CBR1000 motorcycle contacted the Hollywood Police Department to report that their motorcycle was stolen sometime during the night from their apartment complex in Hollywood, Florida.
The responding officer verified the theft and had the motorcycle’s information entered into the state and federal crime computers. This routine police procedure automatically activated the LoJack transponder concealed in the Honda CBR1000.
A short while later, a Hollywood Police Department officer, en route to work, picked up the silent LoJack homing signal from the stolen motorcycle on the LoJack Police Tracking computer (PTC) installed in his patrol vehicle. Following the directional and audible cues on their PTC’s screen, the officer tracked the LoJack signal to a large piece of property in the 300 block of South 62nd Avenue. Once backup arrived, the officer set up a perimeter around the house and property; in the process, an officer located the stolen motorcycle concealed behind some bushes in a mobile home park on the property.
The motorcycle was recovered, towed to the police impound yard for safekeeping, and removed from federal and state crime computer systems. The motorcycle sustained damage to its ignition and fork lock.
The LoJack Vehicle Recovery System was installed in the Honda CBR1000 motorcycle on December 5, 2006 at Rick Case Cycles in Davie, Florida and has been protecting it ever since.