The owners of a Ford Escort contacted the Edgewater Police Department to report that their vehicle had been stolen from their home during the night. The police verified the theft and entered the vehicle information into the state and federal crime computers which automatically activated the LoJack® System concealed in the Ford. A short while

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