MUST KNOW #77

I knew about the red light on cars, but not the #77. It was about 1:00 CT?4A1[aD  
p.m.
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in the afternoon, and Lauren was driving to visit a friend. An UNMARKED (}m2}  
police car pulled up behind her and put his lights on. *Lauren's (&MtK1;
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parents %/oeV;D  
have always told them never to pull over for an unmarked car on the Cz|F%>y#  
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the road, but rather to wait until they get to a gas station, etc. * i&^]qL|J  
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Lauren had actually listened to her parents advice, and promptly called T*z*x=<5  
#77 ka/>jV"  
on her cell phone to tell the police dispatcher that she would not pull )LAG$Cn  
over right away. She proceeded to tell the dispatcher that there was an qh|fq b  
unmarked police car with a flashing red light on his rooftop behind s~06%QEG  
her. `{%ImXQF  
The dispatcher checked to see if there were police cars where she was hx!:F"#  
and .cm9&&"Z  
there weren't, and he told her to keep driving, remain calm and that he 4s9qQ8?  
had ~6=aoF5"3?  
back up already on the way. a$K6b5`>Rs  
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Ten minutes later 4 cop cars surrounded her and the unmarked car behind +2+|zXmT  
her. oT0:Ny  
One policeman went to her side and the others surrounded the car [gGo^^aW#  
behind. |G)P I`BH  
They pulled the guy from the car and tackled him to the ground. The man {ub'   
was (3WK2IM^  
a convicted rapist and wanted for other crimes. Ji.FG"h+2  
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I never knew about the #77 Cell Phone Feature, but especially for a ;#L]7ZY9:-  
woman .Zc:$"gDu  
alone in a car, you should not pull over for an unmarked car. D@%! |:  
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police have to respect your right to keep going to a safe & quiet QtA@p  
place. (ys<{Y-;  
You obviously need to make some signals that you acknowledge them ( &z05h<]  
i.e. N :OLN[  
put on your hazard lights) or call #77 like Lauren did. 2?F?C  
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Too bad the cell phone companies don't generally give you this little 97dF  
bit =)}Yw)
 
of wonderful information. 5/R ~<z  
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*Speaking to a service representative at **Bell ** Mobility confirmed
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that %?3$~d\n  
#77 was a direct link to OPP Dispatch. So, now it's your turn to let jx'hxC'3  
your 1{Ik.O)  
friends know about #77. @=OX7zq\h-  
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Send this to every woman (and person) you know; it may save a life.

Will pass it around.

Thank you lili, this is very useful information.