Lincoln Welder Stolen from Colorado Job Site, Recovered by Commerce City Officers Using LoJack
- November 4, 2012
- recovery stories
On October 9, 2012, the site-foreman at a construction job discovered that a towable 2008 Lincoln welder had been stolen from the job site. The foreman contacted the Wheat Ridge Police Department to report the vehicle missing.
Wheat Ridge officers verified the theft and had the welder’s information entered into the state and federal law enforcement computers, which automatically activated the LoJack transponder concealed in the construction equipment.
Minutes later, an officer with the Commerce City Police Department picked up the silent LoJack homing signals on the LoJack Police Tracking Computer (PTC) installed in his police patrol vehicle. 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.
The Commerce City officer quickly pin-pointed the area of the “hit” and the East Metro Auto Theft Task Force was called in.
Following the directional and audible cues from the LoJack PTCs, the officers tracked the signal to the side yard of a residence. The welder was concealed beneath a tarp, in an area blocked by a fence, a house and vehicles positioned to hide it.
A suspect has been identified.
This welder, valued at approximately $12.000, was recovered intact with no damage or loss, except for the license plate, which the thief had removed from the trailer.
The LoJack Vehicle Recovery System was installed in the Lincoln Welder in May of 2012 through a commercial installation in Colorado.