After the owners of a 2006 Ingersoll-Rand Light Tower reported the equipment stolen to the Indio Police Department, officers completed a theft report and had the equipment’s information entered into the nationwide law enforcement crime database. This routine police action automatically activated the LoJack transponder concealed in the equipment, prompting the transponder to begin emitting

On May 9, 2012, the owners contacted the Riverside Sheriff’s Department’s Jurupa Station to report that their 2001 New Holland Skip Loader had been stolen several days earlier. The police prepared a theft report and had the equipment’s information entered into the state and federal crime computer databases. This routine police action that automatically activated