LoJack System Helps Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office Recover a Stolen Honda Fit
- August 3, 2017
- recovery stories
The owner of a 2009 Honda Fit awoke, looked outside their window and discovered their car was missing from in front of their home. They contacted the Orange County Sheriff’s Office to report their Honda 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, which automatically activates the LoJack® System transponder concealed in the Honda.
Within minutes of activation, while on routine patrol, a Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office officer picked up the silent LoJack signal from the stolen Fit 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 Fit by following the directional and audible cues on their PTC’s screen from Lane Avenue South and Ramona Boulevard. The officer, along with their backup, located the 4-door sedan abandoned on the side of the road in the 900 block of Revels Road. The Fit was recovered, processed for evidence, 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 2009 Honda Fit in September 2008 at Spirit Honda in El Monte, California.