On December 9, 2012, the owners of a Dodge Ram 1500 pickup truck contacted the Los Angeles Police Department to report that the vehicle was stolen. Los Angeles Police verified the theft and entered the Dodge’s information into the state and federal crime computers, which automatically activated the LoJack transponder concealed in the pickup truck.

On April 10, 2012, UCLA Police Department officers began to pick up a silent LoJack homing signal on the LoJack Police Tracking Computer (PTC) installed in their vehicle. After querying the “Reply Code” appearing on the PTC’s display, the officers were informed that the signal was emanating from a 2002 Ford Explorer reported stolen five