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LoJack System Helps El Cajon Police Department Recover Stolen Mini Cooper One in Custody

  • May 24, 2019
  • Law Enforcement
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The owners of a 2006 Mini Cooper contacted the San Diego Police Department to report that their vehicle had been stolen in the city of San Diego. San Diego Police Department verified the theft and entered the vehicle information into the state and federal crime computers, which automatically activated the LoJack® System concealed in the Mini.

At a later time, officers from San Diego County Sheriff’s Department air unit picked up the silent LoJack signal from the stolen Mini Cooper 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 Deputies tracked the vehicle to a local Shopping mall in the city of El Cajon. As a result of the notification, officers from El Cajon Police Department observed the vehicle exit the mall and enter the Interstate freeway.  The vehicle ran out of gas and came to a stop; one suspect was arrested for vehicle theft and possession of stolen property.

The LoJack® System was installed in the Mini Cooper in May 2006 at John Hine Mazda Pontiac-Dodge, San Diego, California.


Printed from the LoJack Recovery Story Library.

LoJack® unit activation is contingent upon the vehicle being located within LoJack’s coverage area that spans counties across 29 states throughout the U.S. and District of Columbia. You may find LoJack’s coverage areas at www.lojack.com/coverage or by calling 1-800-4-LoJack.

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