Companies that rent equipment know how valuable their machines are and how popular these items are with thieves. Many of them choose to protect their assets with the LoJack® system, which gives law enforcement help in tracking down and recovering stolen inventory. In this case, a 2009 Magnum CE-MLT-360 Light Tower taken from an event

In this case, a 2012 Ford F-250 pickup is stolen from a large national home improvement chain in Prescott, AZ. The company was smart enough to have the LoJack® system installed on the truck, so local police could recover in less than an hour after activation. On October 3rd, 2013, the store management called Yavapai

When someone rents a vehicle and doesn’t return it, the leasing company is not only out an asset, but is also losing revenue by not being able to rent the machine to another party. That’s why so many vehicle rental firms protect their fleet by installing the LoJack® system, so police can locate their stolen

When the renters of a 2007 Takeuchi Mini Excavator returned to their construction site on the morning of February 16, 2012, they discovered that unknown suspects had stolen the equipment. They quickly contacted the Stockton Police Department and reported the theft. After gathering the pertinent information, Stockton Police had the information about the stolen excavator entered into the

On February 19, 2012, a representative from United Rentals of Hayward contacted the Hayward Police Department to report the theft of a 2011 Toyota Forklift, which had been rented out a few weeks earlier. After gathering all pertinent information, Hayward Police entered the stolen forklift’s information into the state and federal crime databases. This routine police

On the morning of January 19, 2012, the owner of United Rentals in Lakeland, Florida, noticed that a Takeuchi Skid Steer was missing from their lot, where it was last seen the previous night. He immediately contacted the Polk County Sheriff’s Office to report the theft. After completing a stolen vehicle report, the Polk County officers had

On January 19, 2012, the foreman of a construction company discovered a 2010 Takeuchi TL-250 loader missing from his work site. He had reported the theft of the equipment’s keys a few days earlier. He immediately reported the equipment theft to the Baton Rouge Police Department. After gathering all of the pertinent information, the police

On January 30, 2012, Hertz Equipment Rentals in French Camp, CA, discovered that their 2005 Ford F-250 was missing. They quickly reported the theft to Contra Costa  California Highway Patrol. After verifying the theft, CHP officers completed a stolen vehicle report and had the Ford pickup truck’s VIN entered into the state and federal crime computers.

On the afternoon of January 27, 2012, a manager of the Home Depot in Grove City, OH discovered that one of the store’s rental vehicles had been stolen by fraudulent means two days after the rental transaction occurred. The manager quickly filed a theft report wiht the Grove City Police Department. After verifying the theft, the Grove City

On the afternoon of January 5, 2012, Riverside County Auto Theft Interdiction Detail (RAID) Investigators picked up the silent LoJack homing signal from a 2001 Caterpillar Back-Hoe Loader, which had been entered as a stolen vehicle five minutes earlier by the Riverside Police Department. The investigators tracked the signal on the LoJack Police Tracking Computers