LoJack® System Helps Hialeah Police Department Recover a Stolen 2002 Ford F550 service truck

The operator of a 2002 Ford F-550 service truck arrived at their vehicle storage facility and discovered their truck missing. They contacted the Broward County Sheriff’s Office to report their Ford stolen. The responding deputy 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 Medley Police Department officer picked up the silent LoJack signal from the stolen F-550 on their on-board LoJack Police Tracking Computer (PTC). The officer began tracking the stolen Ford by following the directional and audible cues on their PTC’s screen. The officer tracked the Ford to West 16^th Avenue and Okeechobee Road in Hialeah, whereupon the officer advised dispatch for Hialeah Police Department to respond to the area. The officers located the service truck parked abandoned and unoccupied in the rear of a motel in the 2800 block of Okeechobee Road. The truck was recovered, towed to the police impound yard for safekeeping and processing by BSO and removed from state and federal crime information computer systems.

The LoJack^® System was installed in the 2002 Ford F-550 in November 2001 at Atlantic Ford Trucks in Fort Lauderdale, Florida.

• 2002 Ford F-550
• Florida