On September 10, 2012 the caretaker of a 1999 Ford F-350 contacted the Livonia Police Department to report  that the vehicle was stolen from a job site over the weekend. The vehicle is owned by a Michigan based construction company that equips all of their trucks, trailers, vans and commercial equipment with LoJack. The stolen

On August 31, 2012 the owner of a 2011 Magnum Light Tower contacted the Rockwall Police Department to report that their light tower was stolen from a jobsite in Rockwall. The Rockwall Police Department verified the theft and entered the equipment’s information into the state and federal crime computers, which automatically activated the LoJack transponder

On August 27, 2012 a construction site foreman contacted the Harris County Sheriff’s Department to report two stolen 2011 Trailer Light Towers. He was renting the equipment from a rental company and they had been stolen from the job site. Harris County Sheriff’s Department verified the theft and entered the equipment information into the state

For any of our contractor readers, especially, you could sympathize for a business owner who’s equipment fails to work or, even worse, is stolen.  It can lead to significant business downtime among many other headaches.  On Monday, July 30th, the owner of a 2003 Ingersoll-Rand Skid Steer contacted the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department to

On Tuesday July 10, 2012, the owner of a 2006 CASE Backhoe contacted the NYPD Staten Island 122nd precinct to report that their backhoe was stolen from a job site in Staten Island, where they were currently doing a construction job. When the officers from the 122nd precinct arrived at the scene they took a

When workers arrived at their jobsite on Monday, June 18th, they discovered that their 2006 Lincoln Welder was missing. The owners contacted the Phoenix Police Department to report the stolen construction equipment. The stolen welder’s information was then entered into the NCIC police computer. This routine police action automatically activated the LoJack  transponder concealed on

An electrical contractor in Raleigh, North Carolina had two utility trailers and electrical testing equipment stolen in the past two years.  Each of those trailers had been equipped with locks on the doors, trailer hitch, wheels, and a wheel boot (like those placed on illegally parked vehicles).  In each theft, those anti-theft devices had been

After the owners reported their vehicle stolen to law enforcement, the vehicle information was entered into the statewide stolen vehicle system (SVS/NCIC) computer. This routine police action automatically activated the LoJack transponder concealed in the vehicle. On 5-9-12, within nineteen minutes of the LoJack system activating, an Officer from the California Highway Patrol picked up

The owner’s of a construction company discovered that their storage lot had been broken into during the night and a skid steer loader and trailer stolen. The police were notified and they promptly entered the data into the nationwide law enforcement stolen vehicle computer. This routine police action automatically activated the LoJack transponder concealed on

Within three minutes after the owners of a 2005 John Deere Skip Loader reported it stolen and the vehicle information was entered into the National Crime Information Center computers, flight deputies with the San Bernardino Sheriff’s Department picked up the silent LoJack signal from the air. The signal was tracked to a property where the