LoJack® System Helps San Bernardino Police Department Recover Stolen 2015 Jeep Wrangler
- February 28, 2017
- Law Enforcement
The
owners of a 2015 Jeep Wrangler contacted the La Habra Police Department to
report their vehicle was stolen. La
Habra PD verified the theft and entered
the vehicle information into the state and federal crime computers which
automatically activated the LoJack® System concealed
in the Jeep.
A short while later a San Bernardino County Sheriff airship picked up the silent
LoJack signal from the stolen Jeep 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 SBSO airship tracked the mobile Jeep to the city of San
Bernardino. The airship requested
assistance from San Bernardino PD to stop the Jeep. The airship maintained
surveillance of the Jeep as it traveled through several streets in the
city. San Bernardino officers were able
to catch up to the stolen Jeep and initiated a high risk stop when sufficient
officers arrived. When the SBPD officers
activated their overhead emergency lights the driver of the stolen Jeep pulled
into a gas station and stopped. The driver
was detained and later arrested. The
officers found a “meth” pipe on the passenger side of the Jeep. The driver stated his nephew gave him the
Jeep to drive, and that his nephew recently purchased the Jeep.
The LoJack® System was installed in the Jeep Wrangler in August 2015 at Puente Hills Chrysler Dodge Jeep, Puente Hills CA.