I knew about the red light on cars, but not the #77. It was about 1:00 vGDo?X~#o
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in the afternoon, and Lauren was driving to visit a friend. An UNMARKED oa7Hx<Y
police car pulled up behind her and put his lights on. *Lauren's !X_~|5.
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have always told them never to pull over for an unmarked car on the uwzT? C A6
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the road, but rather to wait until they get to a gas station, etc. * bS6Yi)p
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on her cell phone to tell the police dispatcher that she would not pull m$g^O n
over right away. She proceeded to tell the dispatcher that there was an GjG3aqP&!
unmarked police car with a flashing red light on his rooftop behind 1i2w<VG1
her. <ZdNPcT<s
The dispatcher checked to see if there were police cars where she was .9 QQ]fLs
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there weren't, and he told her to keep driving, remain calm and that he b>EUa> h
had r/ f;\w7
back up already on the way. JR)rp3o-
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Ten minutes later 4 cop cars surrounded her and the unmarked car behind CxV%/ChJ#
her. [J
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One policeman went to her side and the others surrounded the car
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behind. 5w9<_W0d
They pulled the guy from the car and tackled him to the ground. The man B/}>U HM
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a convicted rapist and wanted for other crimes. _Y= yR2O
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I never knew about the #77 Cell Phone Feature, but especially for a > S]')O$c
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alone in a car, you should not pull over for an unmarked car. a QFHB!
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police have to respect your right to keep going to a safe & quiet S#dS5OX
place. -GjJrYOU
You obviously need to make some signals that you acknowledge them ( B8Z66#EQ
i.e. t T:yvU@a
put on your hazard lights) or call #77 like Lauren did. _Ohq'ZgXm
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Too bad the cell phone companies don't generally give you this little .|-y+9IP
bit
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of wonderful information. uU s>/+
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*Speaking to a service representative at **Bell ** Mobility confirmed T(DE^E@a
that H'>
#77 was a direct link to OPP Dispatch. So, now it's your turn to let 4N&}hOM'S
your t"fD"X pj
friends know about #77. ;;5i'h~?]J
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Send this to every woman (and person) you know; it may save a life.
