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| Hi-tech device digs up backhoe
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Ottawa Sun
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Media Article
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Nathalie Trepanier
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9/28/2000
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James Bond would be impressed.
Using a sensitive tracking device, an inconspicuous team of professionals took only 10 minutes Tuesday to locate a stolen backhoe.
Boomerang -- a Canadian company specializing in auto tracking -- helped lead police to a barn in the Centre Hastings area where the $80,000 piece of construction equipment was found.
The backhoe, which belongs to Battlefields Rentals in Oshawa, had been reported stolen the day before.
But the thieves were outsmarted by a small device, hidden inside the backhoe, which emits a signal that Boomerang can trace to a geographic location.
Police have charged Robert McCaffery, 54, of Madoc Twp., with possession of stolen property.
Boomerang has about 36,000 customers, and has helped recover about $35 million worth of stolen vehicles.
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| Boomerang
Tracking Inc. markets and distributes the Boomerang®
tracking devices, proprietary products using technology
patented by the Company. The Boomerang, Boomerang2™
and GSM-based units are the central devices in
a system that uses the wireless networks of major
regional telecommunications companies for tracking
stolen assets. The Boomerang Tracking System is
capable of locating stolen automobiles, heavy
equipment and valuable assets. As a result of
its success, the Company has received the endorsement
of members of the insurance industry. The Boomerang
devices are available and installed through a
network of authorized dealers in Quebec and Ontario.
The Company's head office, research and development
centre and manufacturing facilities are located
in Montreal, Quebec, with regional facilities
located in Mississauga, Ontario and Orange County,
California. Boomerang is a registered trademark
and Boomerang2 is a trademark of Boomerang Tracking
Inc. The shares of Boomerang Tracking Inc. trade
on The Toronto Stock Exchange under the symbol
BMG. |
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