GPS Tracking allows the San Antonio Police Department to disrupt an illegal trade route & helps them recover a citizens stolen vehicles & tools.
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Key Points:
- Insurance Discounts for an installed anti-theft devices may apply
- Reduced business loss
- Minimal disruption of business operations
- Vehicle & Tools recovered before they were damaged
- Police awareness of new GPS technologies
Behind the scenes:
GPS reporting was probably configured to send alerts when the vehicles started and when the vehicles moved. Inline vehicle tracking would show where the vehicles stopped and ended up.
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SAPD disrupts stolen trade route, recovers $10K in goods
Posted on December 30, 2009 at 3:42 PM
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Updated Wednesday, Dec 30 at 6:18 PM
A stolen service truck led San Antonio police to an illegal stolen-goods route to Mexico.
The Miner Corporation reported a theft from their north-side warehouse building early Wednesday morning: more than $10,000 in tools, including five welding units and a work truck.What the thieves didn’t know was that the truck had a GPS tracking device in it.David Janssen of Miner Corporation said: “We can tell when the truck was started, where it went and where it stopped, and it was stopped at this location about 1 a.m. for about 20 minutes, apparently to unload it, then it was dumped in another portion of town.”The company called police, who quickly got a search warrant for the home in the 1100 block of Pecan Valley.That’s where detectives found not just the welders, but hundreds of items: televisions, power-washers, even a wheelchair. Many of those goods were also reported stolen. Detectives believe the address is a halfway house for a black-market operation.Luis Rodriguez Sr. was booked on felony theft charges.“It’s my understanding that’s what this guy does; he buys stolen property, particularly welders, and takes them by the trailer-full to Mexico,” Detective James Caviness said.Besides the stolen property, police instructed Animal Care Services to take custody of two dogs and 30 chickens illegally kept on the property.
