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LoJack® System Helps Chicago Police Department Recover Stolen 2016 Jeep Renegade

  • March 30, 2017
  • recovery stories
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The owner of a Jeep Renegade contacted the Chicago Park Police Department to report that someone had stolen his vehicle from in front of his residence on the 5400 block of North Kenmore Ave in Chicago’s Edgewater Beach neighborhood.  The Chicago Park PD verified the theft and entered the vehicle information into the state and federal crime computers which automatically activated the LoJack® System concealed in the Jeep.

Shortly after being activated the Chicago Police Department units equipped with LoJack Police Tracking Computers (PTC) picked up the silent and directional signal being broadcast from the stolen Jeep.  The Chicago PD following the signal from the stolen Jeep located the stolen Renegade on level four of the short term parking garage of an airport. The Jeep was towed by the Chicago PD for investigation and the owner notified of its recovery.

Due to LoJack the owner of this Jeep had his vehicle recovered hours after it was entered as stolen. The Jeep was recovered undamaged before it could be stripped, cloned re-tagged or used in a crime.

The LoJack® System was installed in the Jeep Renegade in January 2017 at Enterprise in Palatine, Illinois.


Printed from the LoJack Recovery Story Library.

LoJack® unit activation is contingent upon the vehicle being located within LoJack’s coverage area that spans counties across 29 states throughout the U.S. and District of Columbia. You may find LoJack’s coverage areas at www.lojack.com/coverage or by calling 1-800-4-LoJack.

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