LoJack® System Helps Los Angeles County TRAP Team Recover Stolen BMW
- December 4, 2014
- recovery stories
The owners of a 2004 BMW 330 contacted the Los Angeles Police Department-Devonshire Division to report that their vehicle was stolen.
LAPD verified the theft and entered the vehicle information into the state and federal crime computers which automatically activated the LoJack® System concealed in the BMW.
A short while later, detectives from Los Angeles County TRAP West Team, picked up the silent LoJack signal from the stolen BMW with the portable LoJack Police Tracking Computers (PTC) that are assigned to their unit. Following the directional and audible cues from the PTC, the detectives tracked and were able to pinpoint the vehicle, which was parked in a gated parking lot of an apartment building, located in the area of Sepulveda Blvd and Lanark St. While waiting for additional units, the suspect entered the vehicle and drove from the location. LAPD-Devonshire patrol units attempted a traffic stop, the suspect failed to comply, and a pursuit ensued. The suspect hit a curb in the area of Sherman Way and Valjean Ave, and fled from the location on his skateboard. The suspect was taken into custody for 487 PC (GTA) without further incident. The suspect had placed paper plates on the vehicle, and placed a card over the public VIN.
The vehicle was impounded for safe keeping.
The LoJack® System was installed in the Toyota in December 2003.