On July 29, 2012, the owner of a 2007 BMW X5 contacted the Signal Hill Police Department to report that their vehicle was stolen from their car dealership lot during a test drive in Signal Hill. Signal Hill Police verified the theft and entered the BMW’s information into the state and federal crime computers, which

On the morning of February 16, 2012, the owner of a 2003 PT Cruiser reported the vehicle stolen to the Signal Hill Police Department. Officers gathered the information necessary to complete the stolen vehicle report, and then had this information entered into the state and federal crime computer databases. This routine police action automatically activated