On June 17, 2012, the owner of a 2006 Lexus GX-470 SUV contacted the San Diego Police Department to report that her vehicle had been stolen from the Clairmont Mesa area of San Diego. San Diego officers verified the theft and entered the vehicle information into the state and federal crime computers, which automatically activated

When the owner of a Lexus RX330 discovered that her vehicle had been stolenon the morning of February 15, 2012, she immediately reported the theft to the San Diego Police Department.  It was the police department’s routine entry of the Lexus’ information into the nationwide law enforcement stolen vehicle computer system that automatically activated the