LoJack® System Helps Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department Recover a Stolen Honda Accord
- March 2, 2015
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The owners of a Honda Accord contacted the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department to report that their vehicle was stolen during the night from their residence in the 3300 block of Magnolia Drive. No witness, suspect(s) or direction of travel was known at the time of reporting the Honda theft.
The Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department (CMPD) 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.
Within an hour of the CMPD entry, officers from the CMPD picked up the silent LoJack signal from the stolen Honda with the LoJack Police Tracking Computers (PTC) that are installed in patrol vehicles and aircraft. Following the directional and audible cues from the PTC, the officers tracked the Honda to the 4400 block of Central Ave. near downtown Charlotte. The Honda had been abandoned and no apparent damages were done to the vehicle during the theft.
The Honda was processed for latent evidence and released to the owner. No evidence of the Honda’s operation was found on the city’s street camera network nor was any contact made by the CMPD license plate reader patrol vehicle units.
The LoJack® System was installed in the Honda Accord in September 2000 at Honda of Fort Myers in Florida.