LoJack® System Helps Chicago Police Recover Stolen Honda CRV
- October 1, 2018
- Law Enforcement
The owner of a Honda CRV contacted the Chicago Police Department to report that their vehicle had been stolen from in front of their residence on the 3900 block of North Allen Avenue in Chicago’s Logan Square neighborhood. Chicago Police verified the theft and entered the vehicle information into the state and federal crime computers which automatically activated the LoJack® System concealed in the Honda.
Less than an hour later officers from Chicago’s Shakespeare District picked up the silent LoJack signal from the stolen Honda with the LoJack Police Tracking Computers (PTC) that are installed in patrol vehicles and aircraft. Following the directional and audible cues from the PTC, the officers tracked the vehicle to the 1700 block of North Artesian where the vehicle was observed parked and occupied. An offender was observed in the vehicle rummaging through the glove box. Police arrested the occupant and discovered the vehicle was stolen by the use of what is commonly referred to as a “jiggle key.” A jiggle key is a homemade ignition key that takes advantage of older model ignition systems. The offender was brought to the station for processing and the vehicle was returned to its owner.
The vehicle was recovered before it could be damaged, or used in a crime.
The LoJack® System was installed in the in Honda at Auto Nation Honda in Hollywood California in September of 2006.