Building real-time recovery for stolen cars.
Car Arrest pairs a pocket-sized beacon with a phone app. When a car moves without its owner, one swipe confirms the theft and sends the car's live location, heading and speed to 911. We're a pre-launch company in Kensington, Maryland, and we welcome conversations with investors who want to help bring it to market.
- Pre-launch, waitlist open
- Owner-confirmed alerts to 911
- Car owners are the customers
A car is stolen every 48 seconds. Few thefts are solved.
Vehicle thefts are down from their recent peak, but recovery still runs on phone calls, paperwork and information that's out of date by the time officers get it.
of U.S. vehicle thefts were cleared in 2022, down from 26% in 1964.
Source: Council on Criminal Justice, using FBI datain estimated U.S. vehicle theft losses in 2022.
Source: NICB estimate, via PropertyCasualty360One swipe turns a theft into a live 911 report.
A beacon hidden in the car and an app on the owner's phone replace the phone call, the paperwork and the guesswork. See how it works.
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The beacon notices
A pocket-sized beacon hidden in the car wakes the moment the car moves without its owner.
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The owner gets an alert
The app asks one question: is this you, or a theft?
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One swipe confirms it
Swiping once reports the theft. That's the whole report.
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Police get live data
Live location, heading and speed, plus make, model, color and plate, go straight to 911.
Built for recovery, not just tracking.
Recovery, not tracking
A tracker shows owners where their car is, then leaves them to call police and relay updates. Car Arrest sends the live data straight to 911.
Owner-confirmed alerts
Nothing goes to police until the owner confirms a theft, so officers get real, in-progress thefts instead of false alarms.
Customers and partners
Car owners are the customers. Police departments and 911 centers are partners, not buyers, so selling Car Arrest doesn't wait on government procurement.
Every car owner is a potential customer.
Car Arrest is built for the people who own America's cars, trucks and SUVs, starting with drivers in areas where local police and 911 centers take part. We're also exploring partnerships with insurers, dealers and fleet managers, who share an interest in getting stolen cars back fast.
298 million motor vehicles were registered in the U.S. in 2024. Source: Federal Highway Administration
From prototype to launch.
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Build the prototype
Build working versions of the beacon and the app.
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Line up launch partners
Work with police departments and 911 centers to agree how owner-confirmed alerts reach their teams.
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Launch area by area
Open Car Arrest to waitlist members as police and 911 partners in each area come on board.
Who's building Car Arrest.
Mike Dombo
CEO
Mike has spent 30 years in sales, starting in GovTech. He also leads Kensington Sales Group, a government sales and business development firm he founded in 2016. KSG helps companies sell to law enforcement, public safety, state and local government and utilities, and it has booked more than 10,000 qualified meetings for its clients.
Investor questions, answered.
What is Car Arrest?
Car Arrest is a stolen-vehicle recovery system made up of a pocket-sized beacon hidden in a car and an app on the owner's phone. If the car moves without its owner, one swipe confirms the theft and sends the car's live location, heading and speed to 911 so police can recover it quickly.
What stage is Car Arrest at?
Car Arrest is pre-launch. The waitlist is open, and the company is building the prototype of its beacon and app.
Who are Car Arrest's customers?
Car owners. Police departments and 911 centers are partners: they receive owner-confirmed theft alerts, but they don't buy Car Arrest.
How is Car Arrest different from a GPS tracker?
A tracker shows an owner where the car is, but the owner still has to call police, explain what happened and pass along updates. Car Arrest is built for recovery: once the owner confirms a theft, the car's live location, heading and speed go straight to 911.
Who leads Car Arrest?
Mike Dombo is the CEO of Car Arrest, Inc., which is based in Kensington, Maryland. He also leads Kensington Sales Group, a government sales and business development firm.
How can investors get in touch?
Book a 30-minute call with our CEO, or email sales@cararrest.com with "Investor inquiry" in the subject line.
Meet the team behind Car Arrest.
Book a 30-minute call with our CEO to hear the plan and ask your questions, or email us.
This page is general information about Car Arrest, Inc. It is not an offer to sell, or a solicitation of an offer to buy, any securities. Any such offer would be made only through formal offering documents. Plans described here may change.