On November 26, 2012, the owners of a 2005 Ford F-250 contacted the Santa Maria Police Department to report that their vehicle was stolen. Santa Maria Police verified the theft and entered the Ford’s information into the state and federal crime computers, which automatically activated the LoJack transponder concealed in the pickup truck. A short

On May 7, 2012, California Highway Patrol “Air 71” flight officers picked up a silent LoJack homing signal on the LoJack Police Tracking Computer (PTC) installed in their aircraft. After calling in the Reply Code appearing on the PTC display to the nationwide law enforcement crime database, they were informed that they were tracking a