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LoJack System Helps Miami-Dade Police Department Recover a Stolen Ford F450

  • August 3, 2017
  • recovery stories
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The owner of a 2008 Ford F450 was interested in selling their truck. A potential buyer arrived at the owner’s home and negotiations were accomplished, but the buyer wanted to have their mechanic inspect the Ford. The owner advised the potential buyer that they were going out of town and that they could inspect it. Upon returning home, the owner discovered that the Ford was missing. The owner did not give the buyer permission to remove the Ford from where it was parked. The owner attempted to contact the buyer on numerous occasions, with negative results. They contacted the Orange 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, which automatically activates the LoJack® System concealed in the Ford.

Within minutes of activation, while on routine patrol, a Miami-Dade Police Department officer picked up the silent LoJack signal from the stolen F450 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 Ford by following the directional and audible cues on their PTC’s screen. The officer, along with their backup, located the pickup truck abandoned in the 15700 block of SW 297th Street. An auto theft detective responded and established surveillance on the Ford. After several hours the surveillance was terminated with negative results. The truck 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 2008 Ford F450 in May 2009 at Maroone Ford of Miami in Florida.


Printed from the LoJack Recovery Story Library.

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