LoJack System Helps Pittsburg Police Department Recover Stolen Chevrolet Camaro SS
- August 24, 2017
- recovery stories
Stolen Camaro SS Recovered
The owner of a 2010 Chevrolet Camaro SS contacted the Concord Police Department to report that their vehicle had been stolen. The Concord 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 Chevrolet Camaro.
A short time later, an officer from the Pittsburg Police Department picked up the silent LoJack signal from the stolen Chevrolet Camaro with the LoJack Police Tracking Computers (PTC) which are installed in patrol vehicles and aircraft. Following the directional and audible cues from the PTC the officers tracked the stolen Camaro to the 2200 block of Mt Whitney Drive in Pittsburg where they found the vehicle abandoned. Based on prior investigations and recoveries, it is believed the suspects parked the stolen Camaro at this location to determine if the police would find it and when several hours had passed they would return to take it to a secondary location where it would be stripped.
Second Theft – Second Recovery
The Camaro was recovered and towed/stored to be returned to the owner. This was the second theft and recovery of this Camaro via the LoJack Stolen Vehicle Recovery System since February 2016. The San Francisco Bay Area has recently seen a marked increase in the theft of these late model, high performance Camaros, which are typically being recovered stripped of their engines, transmissions, interiors tires/wheels and suspension parts. The LoJack Stolen Vehicle Recovery System was instrumental in preventing this owner’s Camaro from becoming one of these statistics.
The LoJack® System was installed in the Chevrolet Camaro SS in August 2010 at Valley Ford Lincoln Mercury in Hanford, California.