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LoJack® System Helps San Diego Police Department Recover Stolen Toyota Corolla

  • May 8, 2015
  • recovery stories
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The owner of a Toyota Corolla contacted the San Diego Police Department to report that his vehicle was stolen from the 5400 block of El Cajon Blvd. in the city of San Diego.

The San Diego 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 Toyota. Within 7 minutes officers from the San Diego PD picked up the silent LoJack signal from the stolen Toyota 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 Toyota to a residential area near the 4200 block of Altadena Avenue. A male fitting the description of the person who had taken the Toyota was observed standing near the vehicle. The suspect was detained, after positively identified by witnesses and the reporting party the suspect was arrested for vehicle theft and possession of stolen property.

The LoJack® System was installed in the Toyota Corolla in February 2006 at Kearny Mesa Toyota in San Diego, California.


Printed from the LoJack Recovery Story Library.

LoJack® unit activation is contingent upon the vehicle being located within LoJack’s coverage area that spans counties across 29 states throughout the U.S. and District of Columbia. You may find LoJack’s coverage areas at www.lojack.com/coverage or by calling 1-800-4-LoJack.

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