LoJack® System Helps Broomfield Police Department Recover a Stolen Ford F250
- March 31, 2017
- recovery stories
The owners of a Ford F250 contacted the Denver Police Department to report that their vehicle had been stolen from their residence during the night on East Dartmouth Avenue.
A police officer verified the theft and had the vehicle information entered into the state and federal crime computers. This routine action on the part of law enforcement automatically activated the LoJack® System concealed in the Ford truck.
Immediately after the stolen vehicle entry and activation several officers and deputies with the Broomfield Police Department, Weld County Sheriff’s Office and Thornton Police Department began picking up the silent LoJack signal coming from the stolen pickup truck with the LoJack Police Tracking Computers (PTCs) that are installed in patrol vehicles and aircraft.
Following the directional and audible cues from the PTCs, officers with the Broomfield PD tracked the Ford to a field near 148th Avenue and Washington Street in Adams County. At that location the stolen Ford truck was located and two adult suspects were taken into custody for Aggravated Motor Vehicle Theft. One of the suspects was found to be wanted on other criminal charges.
Also, at the same location officers found a Ducati motorcycle. Follow up investigation by officers and Adams County deputies disclosed that the motorcycle had been stolen in Loveland but the owner wasn’t aware of the theft until contacted by the Loveland Police Department. The stolen Ducati motorcycle was valued at $4,000 and was recovered for return to the owner.
The LoJack® System was installed in the 2003 Ford F250 in 2006 at the request of a previous owner of the truck at O’Meara Ford Center in Northglenn, Colorado.