On September 18, 2012, the owner of a 2003 Cadillac Escalade contacted the Los Angeles Sheriff’s Department to report that their vehicle was stolen from a street in Lynnwood. LASD Century Station deputies verified the theft and entered the vehicle information into the state and federal crime computers, which automatically activated the LoJack transponder concealed

On the afternoon of February 24, 2012, the owner of a 2005 Cadillac Escalade contacted the Selma Police Department to report the vehicle stolen. Selma Police gathered the information required to complete a stolen vehicle report and had this information entered into the California state and federal crime databases. This routine police action automatically activated