LoJack® System Helps Law Enforcement Recover A Stolen Ford F-250
- February 23, 2016
- recovery stories
The owner of a 2005 Ford F-250 pickup truck discovered their truck missing. They contacted the Miami-Dade Police Department to report their vehicle stolen. The responding officer prepared a stolen vehicle report, theft affidavit and had the vehicle’s information entered into the state and federal crime information computers.
Later that morning, while on routine patrol, a Miami-Dade PD sergeant picked up the silent LoJack signal from the stolen F-250 pickup truck on their on-board LoJack Police Tracking Computer (PTC). The sergeant began tracking the stolen Ford by following the directional and audible cues on the PTC screen. The sergeant, along with their backup, located the pickup truck abandoned in an apartment complex parking lot near S.W. 165th Court and S.W. 79th Street. The sergeant advised the district auto theft unit who responded to the scene and setup surveillance on the Ford. After several hours the surveillance was terminated with negative results. The pickup truck was recovered and sustained only driver’s door lock and ignition damage. The truck was towed to the police impound yard for safekeeping, and removed from state and federal crime information computer systems.
The LoJack® System was installed in the 2005 Ford F-250 in September 2004 at Maroone Ford of Fort Lauderdale, Florida.