LoJack in Southern Cal
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RE: LoJack in Southern Cal
ORIGINAL: 08HD
Sounds as if I am paying for 50/50 chance of recovery. It is based on time of response and the authorities getting where they need to be in time. If they do not respond before the theives dismantle the lojack device or strip the bike I have payed for them to arrive to my bike and inform me that is was to late. Is that peace of mind or a piece of my behind?
Sounds as if I am paying for 50/50 chance of recovery. It is based on time of response and the authorities getting where they need to be in time. If they do not respond before the theives dismantle the lojack device or strip the bike I have payed for them to arrive to my bike and inform me that is was to late. Is that peace of mind or a piece of my behind?
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RE: LoJack in Southern Cal
ORIGINAL: Wecroft
Take your logic a little further then. Why lock it? If it's stolen and recovered you'd most likey have a broken lock. Best to just leave the key in it I guess.
ORIGINAL: 08HD
Sounds as if I am paying for 50/50 chance of recovery. It is based on time of response and the authorities getting where they need to be in time. If they do not respond before the theives dismantle the lojack device or strip the bike I have payed for them to arrive to my bike and inform me that is was to late. Is that peace of mind or a piece of my behind?
Sounds as if I am paying for 50/50 chance of recovery. It is based on time of response and the authorities getting where they need to be in time. If they do not respond before the theives dismantle the lojack device or strip the bike I have payed for them to arrive to my bike and inform me that is was to late. Is that peace of mind or a piece of my behind?
My brother had his car stolen and completely stripped....they took it one block from his workand it was found inless then an hour.
Never had anyone bother the Deluxe...not even locking bags on the thing... I try not to leave anything of great value (Zumo, camera, etc...) in plain view...I lock my bike, lock the forks and leave it. I do have the Harley security on it...just to make it a bit more difficult....and because the dealer put it on all the bikes they sold.
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From: Nor Cal/Wine country
RE: LoJack in Southern Cal
According to LoJack, their radio based system is more reliable than GPS based systems.
Activation
Once your theft is reported to police, law enforcement computers send a signal via the LoJack Radio Tower Network to activate the LoJack in your motorcycle. When activated, the LoJack Unit begins emitting an inaudible signal that can be tracked by police cruisers and aviation units that are equipped with LoJack Police Tracking Computers.
Tracking
The LoJack Police Tracking Computer receives the LoJack Signal and leads the police to your stolen motorcycle. Unlike GPS systems, which require line-of-sight access to orbiting satellites, LoJack's patented Radio Frequency Signal can penetrate forest cover, parking garages and many other obstructions, helping ensure the motorcycle will be located by police, regardless of where thieves may be hiding it.
Activation
Once your theft is reported to police, law enforcement computers send a signal via the LoJack Radio Tower Network to activate the LoJack in your motorcycle. When activated, the LoJack Unit begins emitting an inaudible signal that can be tracked by police cruisers and aviation units that are equipped with LoJack Police Tracking Computers.
Tracking
The LoJack Police Tracking Computer receives the LoJack Signal and leads the police to your stolen motorcycle. Unlike GPS systems, which require line-of-sight access to orbiting satellites, LoJack's patented Radio Frequency Signal can penetrate forest cover, parking garages and many other obstructions, helping ensure the motorcycle will be located by police, regardless of where thieves may be hiding it.
So you believe everything you read and hear?
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RE: LoJack in Southern Cal
ORIGINAL: nsodpty52
So you believe everything you read and hear?
According to LoJack, their radio based system is more reliable than GPS based systems.
Activation
Once your theft is reported to police, law enforcement computers send a signal via the LoJack Radio Tower Network to activate the LoJack in your motorcycle. When activated, the LoJack Unit begins emitting an inaudible signal that can be tracked by police cruisers and aviation units that are equipped with LoJack Police Tracking Computers.
Tracking
The LoJack Police Tracking Computer receives the LoJack Signal and leads the police to your stolen motorcycle. Unlike GPS systems, which require line-of-sight access to orbiting satellites, LoJack's patented Radio Frequency Signal can penetrate forest cover, parking garages and many other obstructions, helping ensure the motorcycle will be located by police, regardless of where thieves may be hiding it.
Activation
Once your theft is reported to police, law enforcement computers send a signal via the LoJack Radio Tower Network to activate the LoJack in your motorcycle. When activated, the LoJack Unit begins emitting an inaudible signal that can be tracked by police cruisers and aviation units that are equipped with LoJack Police Tracking Computers.
Tracking
The LoJack Police Tracking Computer receives the LoJack Signal and leads the police to your stolen motorcycle. Unlike GPS systems, which require line-of-sight access to orbiting satellites, LoJack's patented Radio Frequency Signal can penetrate forest cover, parking garages and many other obstructions, helping ensure the motorcycle will be located by police, regardless of where thieves may be hiding it.
So you believe everything you read and hear?
No, I don't believe everything I read or hear but I do know that every time it rains, snows or if a tree limb gets in the way of my satellite dish I loose reception. My radios work inside or out and even in the woods. Don't take much brain power to figure out that putting a GPS based tranmitter in a trailer, under a carport or in a garage it won't work.
We were going to equip a skid loader with a DeWalt GPS devise that dials two phone numbers if the unit is tampered with and will locate it's position for a fee if stolen but returned it when all we had to do was put a metal bucket over it to block the signal.
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RE: LoJack in Southern Cal
I am a recently retired police ofiicer of 23 years. I know thatthere are a few agencies that do not have the Low Jack equipment. The agency I worked for only had two vehicles thatthe Low Jack tracker. Most ofiicers did not even have them turned on. I went to Low Jacks website to see if they had a list of police departments in Southern California that had Low Jack equipment. I could not find anything such info.and exactly how difficultis it to disable the thing?Cut the battery cables?Does Low jack have a battery back up in that case?Anybody know?
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RE: LoJack in Southern Cal
It has it's own backup power. Here's the site for coverage.
http://my.lojack.com/pages/owners-ac...-coverage.aspx
http://my.lojack.com/pages/owners-ac...-coverage.aspx
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RE: LoJack in Southern Cal
talked to a lojack dealer. said when they install it they don't even tell the owner where it is installed. not sure if it has a battery backup but the guy did say only certain police cars have the tracking system. you can tell if a patrol car has the tracking systemif you see a grouping of four antennas on the roof.
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RE: LoJack in Southern Cal
I know someone who had LoJack on their '65 Mustang RagTop. The car was stolen from in front of the school where she worked in El Segundo. It was recovered the next day in mid LA. So even with LoJack, it took them that long to find it. Most sophisticated theft rings usually takethe cars and stash them in a cool off area where they watch can them, like the did with the 'Stang. If the vehicle is not "recovered" after a couple of days, they figure it's cool, and take it to a chop shop or shipping container to be sent overseas. These rings can strip a bike and car in less than an hour.Most cars needs a shop or larger area to be stripped. A bike can be stripped in a large van that is moving around, and that makes it harder to track.
I knewof a task force thatworkedvehicle theft rings. They would let their cars get stolen and allow them to sit for days so the crooks would think the cars were cooled off. Then they would track them to the chop shop or harbor. In some instances they installed TWO sets of tracking devices, so if one was found and disabled during stripping, the other would still work and lead them in.
Andwhat do you get for all that? Just knuckle dragging henchmen most of the time, although sometimes they turn over the "mastermind".
I knewof a task force thatworkedvehicle theft rings. They would let their cars get stolen and allow them to sit for days so the crooks would think the cars were cooled off. Then they would track them to the chop shop or harbor. In some instances they installed TWO sets of tracking devices, so if one was found and disabled during stripping, the other would still work and lead them in.
Andwhat do you get for all that? Just knuckle dragging henchmen most of the time, although sometimes they turn over the "mastermind".
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From: Huntington Beach/Lake Havasu
RE: LoJack in Southern Cal
So out of all of the California, specifically Southern California agencies.Orange County has only one agency that has the tracking device.
That's if it is even turned on and out on the street on patrol.
California - Alameda, Contra Costa, Fresno, Imperial, Kern, Kings, Los Angeles, Madera, Marin, Merced, Napa, Orange, Placer, Riverside, Sacramento, San Bernadino, San Diego, San Francisco, San Joaquin, San Mateo, Santa Barbara, Santa Clara, Solano, Sonoma, Sutter, Stanislaus, Tulare, Ventura, Yolo.
That's if it is even turned on and out on the street on patrol. California - Alameda, Contra Costa, Fresno, Imperial, Kern, Kings, Los Angeles, Madera, Marin, Merced, Napa, Orange, Placer, Riverside, Sacramento, San Bernadino, San Diego, San Francisco, San Joaquin, San Mateo, Santa Barbara, Santa Clara, Solano, Sonoma, Sutter, Stanislaus, Tulare, Ventura, Yolo.
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RE: LoJack in Southern Cal
ORIGINAL: 2MannyToyz
I am a recently retired police officer of 23 years. I know that there are a few agencies that do not have the Low Jack equipment. The agency I worked for only had two vehicles that the Low Jack tracker. Most ofiicers did not even have them turned on. I went to Low Jacks website to see if they had a list of police departments in Southern California that had Low Jack equipment. I could not find anything such info. and exactly how difficult is it to disable the thing? Cut the battery cables? Does Low jack have a battery back up in that case? Anybody know?
I am a recently retired police officer of 23 years. I know that there are a few agencies that do not have the Low Jack equipment. The agency I worked for only had two vehicles that the Low Jack tracker. Most ofiicers did not even have them turned on. I went to Low Jacks website to see if they had a list of police departments in Southern California that had Low Jack equipment. I could not find anything such info. and exactly how difficult is it to disable the thing? Cut the battery cables? Does Low jack have a battery back up in that case? Anybody know?
Wecroft not trying to argue with ya. no flames intended here. your direct tv is different technology then GPS. its not a "positioning" system with several satellites working in unison to triangulate a point. Its your satellite antenna pointed at one or a couple particular satellites. When I am in the mountains (aka gods country) at any given time I can have no radio and no cell service but I can always get gps coordinates. If I am under a tree or rock and have no current signal it will show me my route I took, and the last point I had a signal. The cool thing with gps is it tracks all the time. for example if someone was to hide a piece of equipment like you wanted to protect under an overpass or bridge or what have you. the gps would bring people to the last spot it had a signal. at least you would have a starting point, an instantaneous one. How beautiful would it be to jump on the computer and call 911 and tell them my bike or car is traveling on the five near whatever street in real time. And gps is always on. it doesn't need the records division of a police department to enter it to be activated. You would be able to track that piece of equipment anytime any day. lets say on a transport truck driving down the highway at 90 mph so you can chew the driver out for being reckless with your stuff. sounds like the system you were considering may actually be worth it. They have to know the unit is there to cover it. Anyway just a thought.