Bakersfield, CA (PRWEB) June 25, 2013
Not only do ACR Electronics, Inc. Private Locator Beacons continue to save lives, but they can also assist police departments in apprehending burglars.

William Malloy of Bakersfield, California lately had his truck broken into. The burglar took roughly $ 5,000 dollars worth of Williams boating and outside gear, which included his ACR Private Locator Beacon (PLB), according to the Bakersfield Police Division. Malloy instantly reported the stolen gear to the Bakersfield Police Department and the beacon, specifically, to the National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), which the beacon was registered with, according to NOAA sources.

A handful of days later, Malloy was contacted by the U.S. Air Force Response Coordinator and the California Emergency Management Agency and advised that someone had activated his Personal Locator Beacon. Both agencies have been conscious that the PLB had been reported as stolen with NOAA even so, they had been serving due diligence and wanted to make positive Malloy had not recovered his PLB and activated it as the outcome of an emergency.

By means of the agencies coordinated efforts, the ACR PLB successfully led law enforcement to the residence at which Malloys PLB was broadcasting from, according to the Bakersfield Police. At this residence they not only retrieved Malloys boating and outdoor gear but they also located other victims possessions, which the burglar had stolen.

Malloy commented, Due to the fact the thief unwittingly activated my PLB, he was situated and arrested, my out-of-pocket expenditures were restricted to the expense to replace the window of my automobile (about $ 200, versus the approximate $ five,000 it would have cost to replace all of my electronic things) and I will have no want to file a claim with my insurance coverage company. It is safe to say Malloys ACR personal locator beacon not only brought search and rescue directly to its precise place, but it also brought this burglar to justice.





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