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LoJack System Helps Miami-Dade Police Department Recover a Stolen 2004 Dodge Caravan

  • October 31, 2017
  • recovery stories
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The owner of a 2004 Dodge Caravan contacted the Miami Police Department to report their vehicle 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 Dodge.

Immediately upon activation, while on routine patrol, a Miami PD officer picked up the silent LoJack signal from the stolen Caravan on their on-board LoJack Police Tracking Computer (PTC), that are installed in law enforcement patrol vehicles, helicopters and aircraft. The officer began tracking the stolen Dodge by following the directional and audible cues on their PTC’s screen. The officer, along with their backup, located the van abandoned in the 2700 block of NW 22nd Street, with its rear seats missing. The van 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 Dodge Caravan in April 2005 at Miami Postal Credit Union in Florida.


Printed from the LoJack Recovery Story Library.

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