LoJack System Helps Daytona Beach Police Department Recover a Stolen 2004 BMW 325i
- August 3, 2017
- recovery stories
The owner of a 2004 BMW 325i 4-door sedan parked their car in front of their home and went to sleep. Later that night the owner’s roommate arrived home, woke up the owner to inquire where their cars were. The owner went outside of their apartment and discovered that their two cars were missing. The owner contacted the Holly Hill Police Department to report their vehicles stolen. The responding officer prepared a stolen vehicle report, theft affidavit and had the vehicles’ information entered into the state and federal crime information computers, which automatically activates the LoJack® System concealed in the BMW 325i 4-door sedan. The owner admitted that they accidentally left their keys in the lock of their apartment door.
Later that afternoon, while on routine patrol, a Daytona Beach Police Department officer picked up the silent LoJack signal from the stolen 325i on their on-board LoJack Police Tracking Computer (PTC), that are installed in law enforcement patrol vehicles, helicopters and fixed-wing aircraft. The officer began tracking the stolen BMW by following the directional and audible cues on their PTC’s screen. The officer, along with their backup, located the 4-door sedan abandoned in the 200 block of South Keech Street. The BMW was recovered, removed from state and federal crime information computer systems by the entering agency and towed to the police impound yard for safekeeping.
The LoJack® System was installed in the 2004 BMW 325i in March 2007 at Herb Chambers BMW in Boston, Massachusetts.