On February 27, 2012, LAPD Newton Division officers picked up the LoJack signal from a 1997 Honda Civic reported stolen two days earlier to the LAPD 77th Street Division. Following the directional and signal strength cues on the LoJack Tracking Computer installed in their patrol vehicle, the officers were able to track the stolen Honda

On the evening of January 8, 2012, the owners of a 1997 Honda Civic contacted the Los Angeles Sheriff’s Department’s (LASD) West Hollywood Station to report the vehicle stolen. LASD officers responded to the scene, prepared a stolen vehicle report and had the stolen Honda’s information entered into the state and federal crime computers. This routine police action