LoJack System Helps Miami-Dade Police Department Recover a Stolen 2016 Toyota Camry
- August 31, 2017
- recovery stories
The owner of a 2016 Toyota Camry went to a mall and while there lost their keys. When they went to leave they discovered their keys missing. They went to where they had parked their Toyota and discovered it too was missing. They contacted the Miami-Dade Police Department to report their Toyota stolen. The responding officer 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 Toyota.
Later that evening, while on routine patrol, a Miami-Dade PD officer picked up the silent LoJack signal from the stolen Camry’s transponder on their on-board LoJack Police Tracking Computer (PTC), that are installed in law enforcement patrol vehicles and aircraft. The officer began tracking the stolen Camry by following the directional and audible cues on their PTC’s screen. The officer, along with their backup, observed the 4-door sedan near SW 112th Street and SW 117th Avenue, where they performed a “Felony Stop” on the vehicle. The officers apprehended the driver, who eventually was transported to the Dade County Jail. The Camry 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 2016 Toyota Camry in July 2016 at South Dade Toyota in Homestead, Florida.