MUST KNOW #77

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 1OuSH+  
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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 ag|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 fd(  
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
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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$t  
i.e. RXIH(WiK  
put on your hazard lights) or call #77 like Lauren did. ZYpD8u6U  
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Too bad the cell phone companies don't generally give you this little j(wY/Hl  
bit Ke'YM{  
of wonderful information. K*hf(w9="%  
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*Speaking to a service representative at **Bell ** Mobility confirmed H{p[Ghp  
that  _p3WE9T  
#77 was a direct link to OPP Dispatch. So, now it's your turn to let 2d,wrC<'$  
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friends know about #77. ,i1fv "  
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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.