LoJack® System Helps Law Enforcement Recover A Stolen Chevrolet Tahoe
- March 28, 2016
- recovery stories
The owner of a 2002 Chevrolet Tahoe sport utility vehicle responded to the Daytona Beach Police Department. There they explained to the officer that the night before they had parked their SUV in the 900 block of Peninsula Drive. When they returned in the early hours of the morning, they discovered their Tahoe missing. They came to the police department to report the Tahoe stolen. The reporting officer prepared a stolen vehicle report, theft affidavit and had the vehicle’s information entered into the state and federal crime information computers.
The next day, while on routine patrol, a Volusia County Sheriff’s Office deputy picked up the silent LoJack signal from the stolen Tahoe on their on-board LoJack Police Tracking Computer (PTC). The deputy began tracking the stolen Tahoe by following the directional and audible cues on the PTC screen. The deputy, along with their backup, located the sport utility vehicle parked unoccupied in the 400 block of Seabreeze Boulevard. The sport utility vehicle was recovered by the Daytona Beach PD, released to the owner, who responded to the scene and removed from state and federal crime information computer systems. The registered owner remembers parking their Tahoe near the 200 block of Seabreeze Blvd. It is believed that the Tahoe was very unlikely ever stolen in the first place and that the owner most likely forgot where they parked their vehicle.
The LoJack® System was installed in the 2002 Chevrolet Tahoe in April 2004 at AutoWay Chevrolet in Tampa, Florida.