I knew about the red light on cars, but not the #77. It was about 1:00 Q depzo>E
p.m. W 5'07N^
in the afternoon, and Lauren was driving to visit a friend. An UNMARKED p#-ov-znp
police car pulled up behind her and put his lights on. *Lauren's tF:'Y ~3 p
parents 6 0C;J!D
have always told them never to pull over for an unmarked car on the $BIQ# T>qK
side of -anLp8G*
the road, but rather to wait until they get to a gas station, etc. * \1 ` L-lz
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Lauren had actually listened to her parents advice, and promptly called "F_o%!l
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on her cell phone to tell the police dispatcher that she would not pull 4a 'O#;h o
over right away. She proceeded to tell the dispatcher that there was an dFdll3bC
unmarked police car with a flashing red light on his rooftop behind /JP]5M)
her. *qx<bY@F
The dispatcher checked to see if there were police cars where she was e<_yr>9g"
and WY=RJe2
there weren't, and he told her to keep driving, remain calm and that he \Xy]z
had D@]gc&JN[
back up already on the way. 1|K>V;C
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Ten minutes later 4 cop cars surrounded her and the unmarked car behind TTNgnP
her. [>`[1;a X
One policeman went to her side and the others surrounded the car -Vj'QqZ
behind. R X]x3 -
They pulled the guy from the car and tackled him to the ground. The man *7`N^e
was NpmPm1Ix .
a convicted rapist and wanted for other crimes. _W@SCV)yH
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I never knew about the #77 Cell Phone Feature, but especially for a X`,4pS
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woman fwR3=:5~
alone in a car, you should not pull over for an unmarked car. i C U [X&
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police have to respect your right to keep going to a safe & quiet 9C$#A +~C
place. B_f0-nKP
You obviously need to make some signals that you acknowledge them ( 2m`4B_g A
i.e. qg7]
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put on your hazard lights) or call #77 like Lauren did. M~& |-Hm
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Too bad the cell phone companies don't generally give you this little 5f54E|vD
bit >z=_V|^$
of wonderful information. _ F0qq j
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*Speaking to a service representative at **Bell ** Mobility confirmed W@S'mxk#*
that R'E8>ee; ^
#77 was a direct link to OPP Dispatch. So, now it's your turn to let NW-l_]k
your .3;bUJ1
friends know about #77. 7 V/yU5
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Send this to every woman (and person) you know; it may save a life.
