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LoJack System Helps Fort Lauderdale Police Department Recover a Stolen 2011 Toyota Tundra

  • November 6, 2017
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The owner of a 2011 Toyota Tundra parked their truck in their driveway with the door unlocked and the keys inside. The next morning when they attempted to use the pickup, they discovered it missing. They contacted the Plantation 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 Toyota.

Within minutes of activation, while on routine patrol, a Fort Lauderdale Police Department officer picked up the silent LoJack signal from the stolen Tundra 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 Toyota by following the directional and audible cues on their PTC’s screen. The officer, along with their backup, located the pickup truck abandoned in a parking lot the 1200 block of NW 31st Avenue. 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 2011 Toyota Tundra in August 2011 at Al Hendrickson Toyota in Coconut Creek, Florida.


Printed from the LoJack Recovery Story Library.

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