I knew about the red light on cars, but not the #77. It was about 1:00 mq`5w)S)\o
p.m. SL*DK.
in the afternoon, and Lauren was driving to visit a friend. An UNMARKED $y6rvQ
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police car pulled up behind her and put his lights on. *Lauren's 5!:._TcO
parents *98Ti|
have always told them never to pull over for an unmarked car on the sQ(1/"gb
side of YeIe\3x!N
the road, but rather to wait until they get to a gas station, etc. * j6X LyeG7
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Lauren had actually listened to her parents advice, and promptly called QV)}3pW
#77 n2na9dX)w
on her cell phone to tell the police dispatcher that she would not pull 7&t~R}&|
over right away. She proceeded to tell the dispatcher that there was an T{ nQjYb?
unmarked police car with a flashing red light on his rooftop behind xT+
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her. 3L fTGO
The dispatcher checked to see if there were police cars where she was UT-ewXh
and XIN5a~[z*
there weren't, and he told her to keep driving, remain calm and that he B/u*<k4
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back up already on the way. 7ti<
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Ten minutes later 4 cop cars surrounded her and the unmarked car behind 8dV=1O$/
her. M7U:g}
One policeman went to her side and the others surrounded the car oQBiPN+v.3
behind. IuKnM`X
They pulled the guy from the car and tackled him to the ground. The man m3%ef
was QJ M(UfHUD
a convicted rapist and wanted for other crimes. nL\ZId
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I never knew about the #77 Cell Phone Feature, but especially for a vcOsq#UW
woman zg0%>iqO
alone in a car, you should not pull over for an unmarked car. z[FI2jl
Apparently 77_g}N
police have to respect your right to keep going to a safe & quiet fB[\("+
place. T+BIy|O
You obviously need to make some signals that you acknowledge them ( 0Q*-g}wXfS
i.e. ,#
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put on your hazard lights) or call #77 like Lauren did. NV(fN-L
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Too bad the cell phone companies don't generally give you this little $:]tcY-L9
bit b60[({A\s&
of wonderful information. BGA%"b
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*Speaking to a service representative at **Bell ** Mobility confirmed RR'(9QJ$
that 6 <r2*`
#77 was a direct link to OPP Dispatch. So, now it's your turn to let
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friends know about #77. \v s%U}IrO
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Send this to every woman (and person) you know; it may save a life.