I knew about the red light on cars, but not the #77. It was about 1:00 rD_Ss.\^g
p.m. 4mki&\lw`
in the afternoon, and Lauren was driving to visit a friend. An UNMARKED .0rJIO
police car pulled up behind her and put his lights on. *Lauren's h<t<]i'
parents r7zf+a]
have always told them never to pull over for an unmarked car on the 1OuSH+
side of /M5=tW#e
the road, but rather to wait until they get to a gas station, etc. * ^w.k^U=B
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Lauren had actually listened to her parents advice, and promptly called A)= X?x
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on her cell phone to tell the police dispatcher that she would not pull <t% Ao,"
over right away. She proceeded to tell the dispatcher that there was an Lx9hq7<
unmarked police car with a flashing red light on his rooftop behind ag|9$
her. f:)]FHPB1
The dispatcher checked to see if there were police cars where she was T[`QO`\5O
and F^4*|g
there weren't, and he told her to keep driving, remain calm and that he i(dXA(p
had {9y9Kr|(P:
back up already on the way. ;""-[4C
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Ten minutes later 4 cop cars surrounded her and the unmarked car behind >?H_A
her. 8f5%xY$
One policeman went to her side and the others surrounded the car J+-,^8)
behind. wI|bB
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They pulled the guy from the car and tackled him to the ground. The man A{xSbbDk
was c`Lpqs`
a convicted rapist and wanted for other crimes. g`y/_
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I never knew about the #77 Cell Phone Feature, but especially for a G:H(IA7Z
woman 89 _&X[X
alone in a car, you should not pull over for an unmarked car. fo/(()
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police have to respect your right to keep going to a safe & quiet cuJ/ Vc
place. JI28}Cxs0
You obviously need to make some signals that you acknowledge them ( 2n<qAl$t
i.e. RXIH(WiK
put on your hazard lights) or call #77 like Lauren did. ZYpD8u6U
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Too bad the cell phone companies don't generally give you this little j(wY/Hl
bit Ke'YM{
of wonderful information. K*hf(w9="%
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*Speaking to a service representative at **Bell ** Mobility confirmed H{p[Ghp
that
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#77 was a direct link to OPP Dispatch. So, now it's your turn to let 2d,wrC<'$
your ."$=
friends know about #77. ,i1 fv
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Send this to every woman (and person) you know; it may save a life.