On the morning of November 28, 2012, the owner of a 2005 Nissan Pathfinder contacted the Pierce County Sheriff’s Department to report the vehicle stolen. Pierce County deputies verified the theft and entered the vehicle identification number into the state and federal crime computers. That process automatically activated the LoJack transponder concealed in the Nissan.

On the morning of January 11, 2012, patrol officers from the Port Hueneme, Oxnard and Ventura Police Department picked up the silent LoJack homing signal from a stolen 2005 Nissan Pathfinder, (9 minutes after the vehicle was reported stolen) on their on board LoJack Police Tracking Computers. Following the computer’s cues, Ventura Police Department officers