LoJack Stolen Motorcycle Recovery System

While on a magnificent journey to anywhere on your motorcycle have you ever worried about the security of your pride and joy?  The answer is: yes of course!  Perhaps your journey takes you through a major metropolitan area in California, Florida, Texas, North Carolina, Ohio, Arizona, New York, Indiana, Georgia, and/or Pennsylvania.  While these States, reportedly, have the highest rates of motorcycle theft and most thefts occur right at the owners' homes, your bike may just as easily be stolen from anywhere along the way, because motorcycle theft is a lucrative business…and it is easy! 

• A small, silent radio transceiver that is hidden in a motorcycle by a certified LoJack technician. It cannot be recognized or disengaged. After installation, the unit is automatically registered in the LoJack database which interfaces with the National Crime Information Computer (NCIC) system used by federal, state and local law enforcement agencies throughout the country. 
• The LoJack Stolen Motorcycle Recovery System uses a strong FCC-allocated RF signal which works through concrete walls, ceilings, and other barriers (such as underground parking garages) to locate LoJack-equipped stolen motorcycles.
• LoJack’s Radio Tower Network transports an RF signal to and from the transceiver located on a motorcycle and LoJack PTCs. 

• LoJack Corporation has established a network of thirty-four law enforcement liaisons that have regional responsibilities in 26 states, including the District of Columbia, in the U.S. Responsibilities include, but are not limited to, creating or continuing collaboration between LoJack and local, state, and national law enforcement agencies, including local police departments, county sheriff departments, state patrol, etc., assessing coverage required, placing a strategically sufficient number of LoJack’s PTCs in the hands of law enforcement departments and providing training in their operation to those departments, and providing ongoing operational support. In addition, LoJack has licensees in more than 30 countries around the globe, each of whom have their own law enforcement staff.

• When a theft occurs of a motorcycle equipped with a LoJack radio transceiver, the vehicle owner reports the theft to the police.
• The police then make a routine entry into the NCIC which interfaces with the LoJack Database.
• If there is a match between the NCIC (motorcycle identifying information) and the LoJack database unique code, this match automatically triggers the activation of the Lojack Unit in the motorcycle.
• The LoJack Radio Transceiver begins to emit a uniquely coded signal (inaudible) directly to police cruisers and law enforcement aviation units that are equipped with LoJack Police Tracking Computers.
• Law enforcement officers track the signal and use it to recover the motorcycles, many times within hours. There is overlapping coverage and often neighboring law enforcement agencies assist in the location and recovery of stolen motorcycles as illustrated in the stories included in this review. 
• Recovered motorcycle is returned to owner.

• Winslow, AZ: When the theft of this Harley Davidson motorcycle was reported to the Winslow Arizona Police Department, their routine entry of the VIN and vehicle description into the National Crime Information Computer (NCIC) automatically activated the LoJack transponder concealed in the motorcycle, even though the motorcycle was actually 698 miles away in Colorado. Neither the owner nor law enforcement had to do anything else to activate the LoJack Stolen Vehicle Recovery Network – LoJack’s interface with law enforcement agencies is seamless and instantaneous.
   
• Hialeah, FL: According to sources, during the early hours of a Friday morning, the owner of a 2007 Black Honda CBR-600 looked out of his window and discovered his motorcycle was missing from where he had parked it. The owner contacted the Hialeah PD to report his stolen motorcycle. The responding officer relayed the description of the stolen motorcycle to the NCIC. This routine entry results in the automatic broadcast of an activation signal to the stolen vehicle’s hidden LOJACK unit. Later in the day, a Hialeah PD auto theft detective began receiving the silent LOJACK signal from the stolen motorcycle’s LOJACK unit. Within minutes the officer located the stolen motorcycle. The motorcycle was processed and recovered. The suspect was arrested for Grand Theft Auto and transported to the Dade County Jail.
   
• Dallas, TX: The owner of a 2006 Yamaha YZF-R6 Motorcycle reported it stolen to the Dallas Police Department. He reported the vehicle was taken from his apartment parking lot on Clark Street. The Dallas Police entered the vehicle information into the NCIC. This action activated the hidden LoJack transmitter inside the stolen vehicle.
  
  Early the next morning, a Dallas County Sheriff’s Deputy picked up the silent signal on his LoJack Police Tracking Computer (PTC). This allowed him to get a complete description of the stolen motorcycle, and then use the tracking computer’s directional arrow and strength meter to track the stolen vehicle. The track led officers to a small group of trees in the middle of a field near Danieldale Road and Old Hickory Trail. The motorcycle was found hidden in the trees. It was processed for evidence and recovered.
   
• Santa Fe Springs, CA: Upon discovery of theft, police were notified, and after processing the stolen report entered the Suzuki MC information into the law enforcement statewide stolen vehicle system (SVS) computer. This routine entry automatically activates the hidden LoJack transponder via the vehicle identification number (VIN) match with the LoJack computer interface. 
  
  Within minutes, a CHP Santa Fe Springs Area officer picked up the silent LoJack code of a stolen 2007 Suzuki GSXR600.  Within eleven minutes of the report, the officer tracked the Suzuki to a driveway of a residence in the city of Norwalk. An enforcement stop was coordinated and the suspect was taken into custody without further incident.  The suspect was arrested and taken to the CHP Santa Fe Springs office for further investigation.  The MC was later released to the owner, undamaged.
   
• Brooklyn, NY: The owner of his motorcycle parked and locked it on the street by his house. He found it missing and immediately called the Police of the 83rd Precinct, Ridgewood, Brooklyn. Police entered descriptive information into the NCIC.  Police picked up the signal and started to track it. They tracked the signal to a public parking garage belonging to the Brookdale Hospital.  They entered the garage and observed the signal coming from a Dodge Caravan.  The officer looked inside, and not only did they find the stolen motorcycle with the LoJack Stolen Motorcycle Recovery System, but also another stolen bike. Further investigation determined that the van was also stolen. Vehicles were returned to their owners.
   
• Las Vegas, NV: The owner of a 2006 Harley Davidson Heritage rode his motorcycle from Colorado to Las Vegas Nevada to attend the Las Vegas Bike Fest. During the Bike Fest, his Harley Davidson was stolen along with nine other new Harleys Davidson motorcycles from various casinos.
  
  Six days later, officers from the Monterey Park, CA, Police Department picked up the silent LoJack signal of the stolen LoJack equipped Harley Davidson.  Officers discovered seven Harley Davidson motorcycles, six stolen from Las Vegas and one from Los Angeles, in one garage used for storage.  A further search of the property revealed that the suspect was building “special construction” motor cycles utilizing after market frames and engines. He was apparently stripping parts from the stolen MCs putting them on the new special construction bikes. Numerous other MC parts were recovered as well as the suspect’s $20,000 tool box and other tools used in this operation.  Detectives estimated the value of the stolen motorcycles over $200,000, not including six other motorcycles taken for investigation.