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LoJack System Helps Miami-Dade Police Department Recover a Stolen 2016 Ram R2500

  • October 31, 2017
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The owner of a 2016 Ram R2500 contacted the Miami-Dade Police Department to report their pickup 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 Ram.

Within minutes of activation, while on routine patrol, a Miami-Dade PD aviation unit picked up the silent LoJack signal from the stolen R2500 on their on-board LoJack Police Tracking Computer (PTC), that are installed in law enforcement patrol vehicles, helicopters and aircraft. The pilot began tracking the stolen Ram by following the directional and audible cues on their PTC’s screen. The pilot notified ground units who responded to the area where the pilot was tracking the stolen truck. Two auto theft detectives observed the Ram and performed a “felony stop” on the vehicle near SW 164th Avenue and SW 47th Street. The driver was detained for further investigation. The truck 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 Ram R2500 in May 2016 at Dadeland Dodge in Miami, Florida.

 


Printed from the LoJack Recovery Story Library.

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