I knew about the red light on cars, but not the #77. It was about 1:00 {? kKpMNNn
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in the afternoon, and Lauren was driving to visit a friend. An UNMARKED *X =f
police car pulled up behind her and put his lights on. *Lauren's 8u~\]1 (
parents
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on her cell phone to tell the police dispatcher that she would not pull Ozh^Q$>u
over right away. She proceeded to tell the dispatcher that there was an 9 lazo
unmarked police car with a flashing red light on his rooftop behind <8xP-( wk;
her. >?uH#%C5
The dispatcher checked to see if there were police cars where she was MX< ($M
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there weren't, and he told her to keep driving, remain calm and that he FZ'>LZ
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back up already on the way.
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Ten minutes later 4 cop cars surrounded her and the unmarked car behind cB9KHq B
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One policeman went to her side and the others surrounded the car s D8xH
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They pulled the guy from the car and tackled him to the ground. The man ;V}FbWz^v6
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a convicted rapist and wanted for other crimes. 7;#dX~>@{
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I never knew about the #77 Cell Phone Feature, but especially for a t&?v9n"X
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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 w[$Wpae
place.
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You obviously need to make some signals that you acknowledge them ( ]mGsNQ ].H
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put on your hazard lights) or call #77 like Lauren did. =Q8^@i4[&D
