When the owners of a 1998 Ford Mustang discovered that their vehicle had been stolen, they immediately filed a theft report with the San Antonio Police Department. After officers gathered all of the pertinent information, they had the Ford’s information entered into the state and national law enforcement computer system.  This routine action automatically activated

In the early morning hours of February 19, 2012, the owner of a 1998 Ford Escort parked and locked his vehicle on the street where he lives in the Bay Ridge section of Brooklyn, confines of the 68pct. When he returned for it a short time later, he found it missing, and immediately called the NYPD