I knew about the red light on cars, but not the #77. It was about 1:00
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]dPZ .r in the afternoon, and Lauren was driving to visit a friend. An UNMARKED
> H|` y@] police car pulled up behind her and put his lights on. *Lauren's
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ug&[ IL~lc side of
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0Fr1Ku! #77
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=([av7 over right away. She proceeded to tell the dispatcher that there was an
^U7OMl4Usq unmarked police car with a flashing red light on his rooftop behind
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alFjc.~} The dispatcher checked to see if there were police cars where she was
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q }C+tn"\ g=)J ~1&p Ten minutes later 4 cop cars surrounded her and the unmarked car behind
&~DTZg Y her.
H^%.=kf One policeman went to her side and the others surrounded the car
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T6 #"8qz< They pulled the guy from the car and tackled him to the ground. The man
~4,I7c7 was
)hKS0`$| a convicted rapist and wanted for other crimes.
v6a]1B `m~syKz4A I never knew about the #77 Cell Phone Feature, but especially for a
j8 ,n7!G woman
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e_3CSx8Cc Apparently
V L( < police have to respect your right to keep going to a safe & quiet
w5C*L)l place.
QP I+y8N= You obviously need to make some signals that you acknowledge them (
mz7l'4']+ i.e.
WgR4Ix^L# put on your hazard lights) or call #77 like Lauren did.
?>uew^$d[w 2h^WYpCm Too bad the cell phone companies don't generally give you this little
@Cq? :o< bit
p#d+>7 of wonderful information.
rJfqA@ =v6*| *Speaking to a service representative at **Bell ** Mobility confirmed
_Tm0x>EM that
!cEG}(|h #77 was a direct link to OPP Dispatch. So, now it's your turn to let
%,*$D} H your
[email protected]'sYn friends know about #77.
ekSY~z=/u q`|CrOzO Send this to every woman (and person) you know; it may save a life.
