LoJack® System Helps the Dallas Police Department Recover a Stolen Ford Pickup and a Stolen ATV and Make One Arrest
- October 23, 2014
- recovery stories
The owner of a 2007 Ford F250 contacted the Dallas Police Department to report that his vehicle was stolen from his apartment parking lot.
Dallas PD verified the theft and entered the vehicle information into the state and federal crime computers which automatically activated the LoJack® System concealed in the Ford pickup.
Minutes later, officers from Dallas PD picked up the silent LoJack homing signals from the stolen F-250 with the LoJack Police Tracking Computers (PTC) that are installed in patrol vehicles. Following the directional and audible cues from the PTC, the officers tracked the stolen Ford pickup to a house in the 2300 block of Leacrest. Officers were able to determine that the stolen F-250 was inside the detached garage. Officers could see a suspect inside the house, but the suspect refused to come to the front door to talk to the officers. A search warrant was executed and the stolen Ford pickup was found inside the garage. Parked next to it was a stolen 2010 Yamaha ATV. The suspect inside the house was arrested.
The LoJack® System was installed in the Ford pickup in May of 2009.