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LoJack® System Helps Law Enforcement Recover a Stolen 2011 GMC Denali 2500

  • October 17, 2014
  • recovery stories
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The owner of a 2011 GMC Denali 2500 parked their truck at their place of business. Later that afternoon when they wanted to go home, they discovered their vehicle missing. The owner contacted the Fort Lauderdale Police Department to report their vehicle stolen. The responding officer prepared a stolen vehicle report and theft affidavit and had the vehicle’s information entered into the state and federal crime computers. This routine police procedure automatically activated the LoJack® Stolen Vehicle Recovery System concealed in the pickup truck. Later that afternoon, a Fort Lauderdale P D officer picked up the silent LoJack® System homing signal from the stolen Denali 2500 on their on-board LoJack® System Police Tracking Computer (PTC), which assists law enforcement officers to locate stolen vehicles quickly and safely. The officer verified the theft information by having their dispatcher query the Reply Code that appeared on their PTC display. The officer began tracking the stolen vehicle by following the directional and audible cues on their PTC’s screen. Shortly thereafter, a Broward County Sheriff’s Office pilot picked up the signal on the stolen Denali, along with deputies that were patrolling Port Everglades. All the law enforcement officers tracked the stolen vehicle’s LoJack signal to S.E. 21st Street, east of Federal Highway, where they located the vehicle unoccupied and parked on the side of the road. The pickup truck was recovered, released to the owner, who responded to the scene, and removed from federal and state crime computer systems.

The LoJack® System was installed in the 2011 Black GMC Denali 2500 4-door pickup truck in February, 2011.


Printed from the LoJack Recovery Story Library.

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