This month on the Auto Theft Blog we feature two outstanding vehicle recoveries that illustrate the results of exemplary police work. The officers responsible for the recoveries detailed in this month’s post worked quickly and intelligently, utilizing experience, technology and intuition to track and capture the guilty suspects. These recoveries were extremely noteworthy, not

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By: Angela K. Dills Providence College Sean E. Mulholland Stonehill College – Department of Economics Source: Social Science Research Network The advent of smart-phone based, ride-sharing applications has revolutionized the vehicle for hire market. Advocates point to the ease of use and lower wait times compared to hailing a taxi or pre-arranging limousine service. Others argue

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Today, LoJack and CalAmp are pleased to announce the release of our seventh annual Vehicle Theft Recovery Report for 2015.* We announced the data with a news release and accompanying infographic this morning. As evident by analyzing the data, the auto theft market is changing. If you are a regular reader of this blog, you’re

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The team at LoJack is pleased to announce the launch of an ongoing educational campaign to reduce vehicle theft throughout the country. The inaugural campaign is a three-part video series throughout California’s Central Valley called, “LoDown with LoJack: The Central Valley,” featuring insight from members of the Stockton Police Department and LoJack’s Law Enforcement Liaison

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On March 30, LoJack announced that the company officially recovered more than 200,000 vehicles in the United States. To celebrate the historic achievement, LoJack honored the Los Angeles Police Department at an event on March 30th at Galpin Motors in North Hills, CA. The milestone was highlighted by the recovery of a 2015 Ford Escape

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More than 1,000 cars, including a set of luxury vehicles in Maryland and Virginia, have been stolen by suspected “car cloners” in the past six years, according to a review of FBI and police reports by the News4 I-Team. “Car cloning” is a profitable and sophisticated form of car theft in which thieves mask the

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