LoJack® System Helps Miami Police Department Recover a Stolen 2009 Honda CBR600 Motorcycle
- February 19, 2015
- recovery stories
The owner of a 2009 Honda CBR600 motorcycle contacted the Miami Police Department to report their motorcycle stolen from their home. The Miami 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 Honda.
Later in the afternoon, a Miami-Dade Police Department officer picked up the silent LoJack signal from the stolen CBR600 motorcycle on their on-board LoJack Police Tracking Computer (PTC). The officer began tracking the stolen Honda by following the directional and audible cues on their PTC screen. The officer located the Honda in an apartment complex near N.W. 29th Street and 12th Avenue and setup surveillance on it. Before their backup arrived, the thief and motorcycle fled in an easterly direction. A “B.O.L.O.” (Be On LookOut) was issued. Awhile later an auto theft task force member picked up the signal of the motorcycle and tracked it to an area near N.W. 12th Avenue and 26th Street. Simultaneously, a Miami PD officer picked up the signal as well. The officers converged on a house in the 1200 block of N.W. 26th Street. The officer knocked on the door of the house and was granted permission to look around the property. The motorcycle was discovered parked in the backyard of the house. The owner of the house had no idea how the motorcycle got there. The motorcycle 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 2009 Honda CBR600 motorcycle in June 2010 at Rick Case Cycles in Davie, Florida.