LoJack System Helps California Highway Patrol Air Operations and Vallejo PD Recover 2017 Honda Civic and Arrest Suspects
- April 5, 2019
- Law Enforcement
The owner of a 2017 Honda Civic contacted
the Richmond Police Department to report that their vehicle had been stolen. The
owner advised they had parked in the street at MacDonald Avenue and 13th
Street and when they returned the vehicle was gone. The Richmond 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 Honda Civic.
Shortly after the LoJack activation, officers with the California Highway
Patrol Air Operations Unit in a fixed wing aircraft were flying over the city
of Vallejo when they were alerted to the stolen Honda Civic by the silent LoJack
signal received 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 stolen
vehicle was tracked to a shopping center parking lot in the 700 block of Sereno
Drive. The CHP air unit maintained
visual contact on the vehicle and requested Vallejo Police Department ground
units. Vallejo PD units responded and
found the stolen Civic occupied by three suspects. All suspects were taken into
custody without incident.
The stolen Honda Civic was recovered by Vallejo PD and the vehicle was towed and stored for safe keeping to be returned to the owner. The LoJack® System was installed in the 2017 Honda Civic in August 2017, at Honda of El Cerrito, in El Cerrito, CA.