LoJack® System Helps Law Enforcement Recover Stolen 2010 Terex Light Tower
- June 16, 2015
- recovery stories
The operator of a 2010 Terex light tower arrived on their construction site and discovered their piece of construction equipment missing. They contacted the Collier County Sheriff’s Office to report that their equipment stolen.
The responding deputy prepared a stolen vehicle report so that the light tower could be entered into the state and federal crime information computers. This routine police procedure automatically transmits an activation command to the LoJack Stolen Vehicle Recovery transponder concealed in the light tower to begin broadcasting its signal.
Later a Collier County SO deputy picked up the silent LoJack signal from the stolen construction equipment on their on-board LoJack Police Tracking Computer (PTC). The deputy began tracking the stolen equipment by following the directional and audible cues on their PTC screen. The deputy located the general vicinity where the light tower was. The deputy contacted the department’s auto theft unit who responded to the area. The responding auto theft detective checked the area further and discovered the light tower in the rear of a group of warehouses underneath a canopy. The light tower’s paint had been stripped from it in an attempt for it to be repainted disguising it from its true identity. The auto theft detective continued their pursuit of the culprit. Through diligent investigative techniques the detective located a suspect. After interviewing them, it was concluded that the suspect was involved in the theft and was arrested for Grand Theft. The light tower was recovered, towed to the police impound yard for safekeeping and removed from state and federal crime information computer systems.
The LoJack® System was installed in the 2010 Terex light tower in September 2010.