LoJack® System Helps Philadelphia Police Department Recover Stolen Case Backhoe
- November 3, 2015
- recovery stories
In the morning hours, workers from a construction company arrived on a construction site in the eastern section of Philadelphia and discovered that a 2007 Case Backhoe was missing. The company foreman notified Company HQ and then placed a call to Philadelphia Police Radio. A 24th District officer was dispatched to the scene to investigate the incident. The officer quickly arrived on location, interviewed the complainant and searched the area for the stolen equipment. The stolen vehicle information was subsequently entered into the state and federal crime computers which automatically activated the LoJack® System concealed in the Case Backhoe.
Minutes later, a detective assigned to the Philadelphia Police Major Crimes Auto Squad was in the area of Aramingo Avenue conducting an unrelated investigation. The detective reported that he had picked up the silent LoJack signal from the stolen Case Backhoe 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 detective tracked the signal to a small street in the rear of a warehouse. The PTC directed the detective’s attention to a parked Case Backhoe. The detective checked the product identification number on the backhoe and discovered that it was in fact the stolen equipment. The detective processed the Case Backhoe for any physical evidence and then notified the construction company regarding the recovery. Several company workers were dispatched to the scene and drove the apparently undamaged Case Backhoe back to the construction site.
This incident remains under investigation by the members of the Philadelphia Police Major Crimes Auto Squad.
The LoJack® System was installed in the 2007 Case Backhoe in November 2007 via commercial sales.