I knew about the red light on cars, but not the #77. It was about 1:00 A
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in the afternoon, and Lauren was driving to visit a friend. An UNMARKED EXz{Pqz
police car pulled up behind her and put his lights on. *Lauren's \qA^3L~;5
parents :8CYTEc
have always told them never to pull over for an unmarked car on the YZH qy++x
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the road, but rather to wait until they get to a gas station, etc. * {T=rsPp<@
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Lauren had actually listened to her parents advice, and promptly called hj* Fn
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on her cell phone to tell the police dispatcher that she would not pull / iwL$xQQ
over right away. She proceeded to tell the dispatcher that there was an 2\'5L L3
unmarked police car with a flashing red light on his rooftop behind b~L8m4L
her. NA<6s]Cs.
The dispatcher checked to see if there were police cars where she was #R#o/@|
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there weren't, and he told her to keep driving, remain calm and that he .o"FT~}z
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back up already on the way. 1^HUu"Kt
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Ten minutes later 4 cop cars surrounded her and the unmarked car behind ]ICBNJ
her. wfJ["
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One policeman went to her side and the others surrounded the car re%MT@L#
behind. /q
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They pulled the guy from the car and tackled him to the ground. The man .15^c+j
was .%3qzOrN
a convicted rapist and wanted for other crimes. uTq)Ets3
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I never knew about the #77 Cell Phone Feature, but especially for a G#(+p|n
woman ->0 OqVQA
alone in a car, you should not pull over for an unmarked car. (F.vVldBy
Apparently )tB1jcI ;
police have to respect your right to keep going to a safe & quiet B*,Qw_3dG
place. $(PWN6{\r^
You obviously need to make some signals that you acknowledge them ( 28jm *C l8
i.e. ;A3aUN;"I
put on your hazard lights) or call #77 like Lauren did. OpT0V]k^"9
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Too bad the cell phone companies don't generally give you this little M%#H>X\/
bit 1(ud(8?|
of wonderful information. ;i,:F`b~
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*Speaking to a service representative at **Bell ** Mobility confirmed ^;xO-;q
that eCI0o5U
#77 was a direct link to OPP Dispatch. So, now it's your turn to let OD~TWT_
your |-'.\)7:
friends know about #77. S^/:O.X)c,
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Send this to every woman (and person) you know; it may save a life.
