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in the afternoon, and Lauren was driving to visit a friend. An UNMARKED Pin/qp&Fa8
police car pulled up behind her and put his lights on. *Lauren's 'hF@><sqk
parents I="oxf#q
have always told them never to pull over for an unmarked car on the ($ S Lb6
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the road, but rather to wait until they get to a gas station, etc. * dyO E6Ex
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Lauren had actually listened to her parents advice, and promptly called e9:P9Di(b
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on her cell phone to tell the police dispatcher that she would not pull S(w\Z C
over right away. She proceeded to tell the dispatcher that there was an ^yJ:+m;6K
unmarked police car with a flashing red light on his rooftop behind h)@InYwu7
her. sOz sY7z3Z
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and SK-W%t
there weren't, and he told her to keep driving, remain calm and that he 0D~=SekQ 9
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back up already on the way. @RVOXkVo
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Ten minutes later 4 cop cars surrounded her and the unmarked car behind KuXkI;63J>
her. [O 1|75
One policeman went to her side and the others surrounded the car !^L-T?y.2
behind. Nn O I:X {
They pulled the guy from the car and tackled him to the ground. The man (tKMBxQo8
was Dft%ip2
a convicted rapist and wanted for other crimes. 8^vArS;
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I never knew about the #77 Cell Phone Feature, but especially for a k!owl+a
woman *Ru2:}?MpS
alone in a car, you should not pull over for an unmarked car. v ): V
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police have to respect your right to keep going to a safe & quiet gt@SuX!@{^
place. 3\+N` !
You obviously need to make some signals that you acknowledge them ( u(2BQO7
i.e. jI0]LD1k
put on your hazard lights) or call #77 like Lauren did. _Ex|f5 +
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Too bad the cell phone companies don't generally give you this little uLK(F
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of wonderful information. l"5y?jT
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*Speaking to a service representative at **Bell ** Mobility confirmed no
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#77 was a direct link to OPP Dispatch. So, now it's your turn to let yC"Zoa6YZ
your q% E C
friends know about #77. 7"K^H]6u30
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Send this to every woman (and person) you know; it may save a life.
