LoJack® System Helps Law Enforcement Recover A Stolen Lincoln Navigator
- March 25, 2016
- recovery stories
The owner of a 2004 Lincoln Navigator sport utility vehicle parked their SUV in a parking garage near 7th Street and Washington Avenue. The next morning when they attempted to use it, they discovered their Lincoln was missing. They contacted the Miami Beach Police Department to report their Lincoln 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.
Immediately upon activation, while on routine patrol, a Miami-Dade Police Department officer picked up the silent LoJack signal from the stolen Navigator on their on-board LoJack Police Tracking Computer (PTC). The officer began tracking the stolen Navigator by following the directional and audible cues on the PTC screen. The officer, along with their backup, located the sport utility vehicle just west of North Miami Avenue and N.W. 76th Street in Miami. Since it was located in the City of Miami’s jurisdiction, the Miami Police Department responded. The sport utility vehicle 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 2004 Lincoln Navigator in February 2004 at Fort Lauderdale Lincoln Mercury – Fort Lauderdale in Florida.