I knew about the red light on cars, but not the #77. It was about 1:00 rA#Ji~
p.m. "?T
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in the afternoon, and Lauren was driving to visit a friend. An UNMARKED ~ 'L`RJR
police car pulled up behind her and put his lights on. *Lauren's nfzKUJ Y
parents / "OJ~e_%
have always told them never to pull over for an unmarked car on the :\8&Th}Se
side of 07tSXl5!
the road, but rather to wait until they get to a gas station, etc. * YO^iEI.
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Lauren had actually listened to her parents advice, and promptly called )MJ y
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on her cell phone to tell the police dispatcher that she would not pull 04cNi~@m
over right away. She proceeded to tell the dispatcher that there was an $>y
unmarked police car with a flashing red light on his rooftop behind 1brKs- z
her. Di8;Tq
The dispatcher checked to see if there were police cars where she was dX:#KdK
and ^5d9n<_xnQ
there weren't, and he told her to keep driving, remain calm and that he [xsiSt?6
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back up already on the way. `d i/nv)
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Ten minutes later 4 cop cars surrounded her and the unmarked car behind h9L/.>CX
her. O/2Jz
One policeman went to her side and the others surrounded the car X mX
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behind. >On"BP# U
They pulled the guy from the car and tackled him to the ground. The man vAp?Zl? g
was [E/}-m6g
a convicted rapist and wanted for other crimes. v&*}O
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I never knew about the #77 Cell Phone Feature, but especially for a JqmKD4p
woman F|t_&$Is?
alone in a car, you should not pull over for an unmarked car. j
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Apparently
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police have to respect your right to keep going to a safe & quiet t.E3Fh!o
place. KdB9Q ;
You obviously need to make some signals that you acknowledge them ( '=eE6=m^K
i.e. `OmYz{*r
put on your hazard lights) or call #77 like Lauren did. N`%f+eT(
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Too bad the cell phone companies don't generally give you this little 0al8%z9e@
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of wonderful information. Pb-Ft =
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*Speaking to a service representative at **Bell ** Mobility confirmed trC+Etc
that bP ,_H
#77 was a direct link to OPP Dispatch. So, now it's your turn to let CuD ^@
your E)7ODRVbl
friends know about #77. PC}m .tE
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Send this to every woman (and person) you know; it may save a life.
