LoJack® System Helps Los Angeles Sheriff’s Department Recover Stolen Honda Civic
- March 2, 2015
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The owner of this Honda Civic contacted the Bell Gardens Police Department and reported that their vehicle had been stolen. The officers 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.
Within less than 15 minutes from the activation, officers from the Bell Gardens PD and the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department, as well as the Los Angeles Sheriff’s Department Air 7 flight deputies, 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 flight deputies tracked the Honda to the area of the 605 Freeway and Rose Hills Rd and observed the Honda pull into the parking lot of a local college. They began directing ground units to that location keeping an eye on the suspect. First to arrive was an LASD Motor Officer who attempted to take the driver into custody. The driver fled from the parking lot on Rose Hills Rd and crashed the Honda. The suspect fled from the Honda into a housing area where he ran into an open rear door of a private residence. Air-7 directed ground units from Pico Station who deployed on the location. Residents who were inside ran out of the front while the deputies were preparing to make entry. Canine deputies arrived and gave the command to exit or their Canines would enter the residence. Upon hearing that command, the suspect exited the residence and surrendered without further incident. The suspect was later treated and released from a local hospital and was booked for driving a motor vehicle without owner’s permission as well as other crimes.
The LoJack® Stolen Vehicle Recovery System was installed in this Honda in June 1998 at Norm Reeves Super Store in West Covina, California.