LoJack System Helps California Highway Patrol Recover Stolen 2001 Chevrolet Tahoe
- August 31, 2017
- recovery stories
The owner of a 2001 Chevrolet Tahoe contacted the California Highway Patrol to report that their vehicle had been stolen. The victim advised the Tahoe had been stolen from in front of their sister’s residence, in the 100 block of McDermott Avenue in the Mountain House area of unincorporated San Joaquin County.
An officer from the CHP Tracy Area office 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 Tahoe.
A short while later officers from the CHP Air Operations Unit in Golden Gate Division were flying overhead in the area and picked up the silent LoJack signal from the stolen Tahoe 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 officers tracked the Tahoe to the area of Kelso Road just west of Mountain House Road, in unincorporated Alameda County. The CHP air unit notified a CHP Dublin Area ground patrol unit who responded and found the Tahoe unoccupied.
The Tahoe was recovered and the owner responded to the scene to take possession of the vehicle. The current owner was unaware that a previous owner had the LoJack Stolen Vehicle Recovery System installed in the Tahoe.
The LoJack® System was installed in the Chevrolet Tahoe in January 2003 at Reliable Chevrolet in Richardson, Texas.