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LAPD officers demonstrate STOVAC anti-theft device, offer two units to department
Summary
Two Los Angeles Police Department officers demonstrated STOVAC, a stolen-vehicle activation system they developed, told the City Council it can locate and disable stolen cars, and offered to donate two units to the LAPD; speakers said Santa Ana Police Department recently used the device in arrests.
Councilman Mike Hernandez introduced two Los Angeles Police Department officers who demonstrated a vehicle anti-theft system called STOVAC and offered to donate two units to the department.
The officers, identified in council remarks as Joe Escareno and Manny Agomani, described STOVAC as a GPS-monitored device that alerts owners and allows authorized users or police to disable a stolen vehicle. Escareno told the council he and his partner developed the system after years of policing high-speed pursuits and that the device is designed to “shut the vehicle down”…
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