I knew about the red light on cars, but not the #77. It was about 1:00 nB}e1
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in the afternoon, and Lauren was driving to visit a friend. An UNMARKED
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police car pulled up behind her and put his lights on. *Lauren's Lnx2xoNk
parents -CElk[u
have always told them never to pull over for an unmarked car on the
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the road, but rather to wait until they get to a gas station, etc. * [5LMt*Y
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Lauren had actually listened to her parents advice, and promptly called *C/KM;&
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on her cell phone to tell the police dispatcher that she would not pull f }-v
over right away. She proceeded to tell the dispatcher that there was an J]]\&MtaO
unmarked police car with a flashing red light on his rooftop behind (6[Wr}SW5
her. ypT9 8
The dispatcher checked to see if there were police cars where she was S W-0h4
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there weren't, and he told her to keep driving, remain calm and that he d:3= 1x
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back up already on the way. 4`G=q^GL,
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Ten minutes later 4 cop cars surrounded her and the unmarked car behind a?\ `
her. iXnx1w
One policeman went to her side and the others surrounded the car ~6fRS2u
behind. 0&o
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They pulled the guy from the car and tackled him to the ground. The man @ YrGyq
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a convicted rapist and wanted for other crimes. `L">"V`$Bj
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I never knew about the #77 Cell Phone Feature, but especially for a }Y$VB%&Hy
woman s|p(KWo2U
alone in a car, you should not pull over for an unmarked car. ;l#?SY
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Apparently
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police have to respect your right to keep going to a safe & quiet 5YLho2h38!
place. ,"C&v~
You obviously need to make some signals that you acknowledge them ( "
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put on your hazard lights) or call #77 like Lauren did. wJr/FE 7c
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Too bad the cell phone companies don't generally give you this little OM
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of wonderful information. bF7`] 83
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*Speaking to a service representative at **Bell ** Mobility confirmed %SFw~%@3&~
that e7wKjt2fy
#77 was a direct link to OPP Dispatch. So, now it's your turn to let :!hk~#yvJ9
your rOhA*_ EG
friends know about #77. ] d~MEa9Y|
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Send this to every woman (and person) you know; it may save a life.
