LoJack® System Helps Law Enforcement Recover a Stolen 2006 Scion XA
- January 8, 2015
- recovery stories
The owner of a 2006 Scion XA 4-door sedan met with her ex-boyfriend so that she could drive him somewhere. After speaking with him for a while, she left him in her car and went back into her house to retrieve some forgotten items. When she returned to where her Scion was located, the Scion was gone and so was her ex-boyfriend. The owner delayed reporting her Scion stolen because she didn’t believe that the police would take any action at the time. Later on the owner contacted the Broward County Sheriff’s Office to report the Scion stolen. The responding deputy prepared a stolen vehicle report, theft affidavit and had the vehicle’s information entered into the state and federal crime computers. This routine police procedure automatically transmits an activation command to the LoJack® Stolen Vehicle Recovery System concealed in the Scion to begin broadcasting its signal.
Within minutes of activation, a Florida Highway Patrol trooper picked up the silent LoJack signal from the stolen Scion on their on-board LoJack Police Tracking Computer (PTC), which assists law enforcement officers to locate stolen vehicles quickly and safely. The trooper verified the theft information by having their dispatcher query the Reply Code that appeared on their PTC display. The dispatcher relayed the stolen Scion’s description to the trooper so that they could identify the vehicle when they observed it. The trooper began tracking the stolen Scion by following the directional and audible cues on their PTC screen. The trooper, along with their backup, located the Scion in the 600 block of N.W. 2nd Terrace, Pompano Beach. The 2006 Blue Scion XA 4-door sedan was recovered, towed to the police impound yard for safekeeping, and removed from federal and state crime computer systems.
The LoJack® System was installed in the 2006 Scion XA 4-door sedan in April 2007.