LoJack® System Helps Law Enforcement Recover Stolen Ford F-250
- February 23, 2016
- recovery stories
The owner of a 2005 Ford F-250 pickup truck contacted the Orlando Police Department to report that their vehicle was stolen sometime during the night. The owner of the Ford parked their truck in the parking lot of a hotel along Kirkman Road. When they returned the next morning they discovered it missing. 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.
Immediately upon activation, and while on routine patrol, an Osceola County Sheriff’s Office deputy picked up the silent LoJack signal from the stolen F-250 on their on-board LoJack Police Tracking Computer (PTC). The deputy began tracking the stolen F-250 by following the directional and audible cues on their PTC screen. The deputy, along with their backup, located the F250 in the 1400 block of Lester Drive, Kissimmee. The pickup truck was recovered, 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 March 2005 at Maroone Ford of Fort Lauderdale in Florida.