On August 4, 2012, the owner of a 2007 Dodge Charger contacted the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) to report that their vehicle was stolen from their driveway in Los Angeles. The LAPD verified the theft and entered the Dodge’s information into the state and federal crime computers, which automatically activated the LoJack transponder concealed

On April 19, 2012, officers from the San Fernando Police Department began to pick up a silent LoJack homing signal on their patrol car’s LoJack Police Tracking Computer. After querying the “Reply Code” appearing on their computer display with the police stolen vehicle database, the officers were informed that they were tracking a 2007 Dodge