LoJack System Helps Fort Lauderdale Police Department Recover a Stolen 2004 Jeep Wrangler
- August 18, 2017
- recovery stories
The owner of a 2004 Jeep Wrangler parked their car in their assigned parking space at their condominium and went to bed. The next morning when they wanted to use the Jeep to go to work they discovered their SUV missing. They contacted the Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office to report their Jeep 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 Jeep.
Immediately upon activation, while on routine patrol, a Fort Lauderdale Police Department officer picked up the silent LoJack signal from the stolen Wrangler 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 Jeep by following the directional and audible cues on their PTC’s screen. The officer, along with their backup, located the sport utility vehicle abandoned in the parking lot of a strip shopping center. The SUV 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 Jeep Wrangler in October 2003 at Teterboro Chrysler Plymouth in Little Ferry, New Jersey.