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LoJack System Helps Miami Gardens Police Department Recover a Stolen 2003 Ford F250

  • October 31, 2017
  • recovery stories
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The owner of a 2003 Ford F250 awoke in the morning and attempted to use their truck when they discovered it missing from in front of their home. The owner contacted the Broward County Sheriff’s Office to report their Ford stolen. The responding deputy 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 Ford.

Immediately upon activation, while on routine patrol, a Miami Gardens Police Department officer picked up the silent LoJack signal from the stolen F250 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 Ford by following the directional and audible cues on their PTC’s screen. The officer, along with their backup, located the pickup truck parked abandoned on the swale at NW 29th Place and NW 171st Street. 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 2003 Ford F250 in December 2002 at Maroone Ford of Fort Lauderdale in Florida.


Printed from the LoJack Recovery Story Library.

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