LoJack System Helps Michigan State Police Aviation Recover Stolen Dodge Dakot
- August 18, 2017
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The owners of a Dodge Dakota contacted the Detroit Police Department to report that their vehicle was stolen from their residence overnight.
The Detroit PD verified the theft and entered the vehicle information into the state and federal crime computers which automatically activated the LoJack® System concealed in the Dodge.
A short while later troopers from the Michigan State Police “Trooper 2” on routine air patrol in Detroit picked up the silent LoJack signal from the stolen Dodge with the LoJack Police Tracking Computers (PTC) that are installed in patrol vehicles and aircraft. Following the directional and audible cues from the PTC, the troopers tracked the Dodge to residential area of Detroit.
The flight observer relayed information to ground units equipped with PTC’s and the stolen Dodge was located in the rear of an abandoned home. It appeared that the suspects parked it there to “cool off.”
The stolen Dodge was impounded and later returned to the owner with minor damage to the ignition. Because of the quick recovery the suspects did not have enough time to strip it or use it to commit additional crimes.
The LoJack® System was installed in the Dodge Dakota in October 2001 at Bledsoe Dodge in Dallas, Texas.