I knew about the red light on cars, but not the #77. It was about 1:00 ;uP :"k
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in the afternoon, and Lauren was driving to visit a friend. An UNMARKED c yz3,3\e
police car pulled up behind her and put his lights on. *Lauren's ?.BC#S)q1
parents wI/iuc
have always told them never to pull over for an unmarked car on the +QJ#2~pE
side of oXF.1f/h
the road, but rather to wait until they get to a gas station, etc. * =B @ 2#W #
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Lauren had actually listened to her parents advice, and promptly called $6SW;d+>n
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on her cell phone to tell the police dispatcher that she would not pull dvUic-w<j
over right away. She proceeded to tell the dispatcher that there was an Ds:' Lb
unmarked police car with a flashing red light on his rooftop behind 0n {=%Q
her. {_v#~595
The dispatcher checked to see if there were police cars where she was t1x1,SL
and Ig>(m49d
there weren't, and he told her to keep driving, remain calm and that he W7nw6;7=
had brUF6rQ
back up already on the way. %1+4_g9
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Ten minutes later 4 cop cars surrounded her and the unmarked car behind pYf-S?Y/V
her. [d ]9Oa4
One policeman went to her side and the others surrounded the car fI|Nc
behind. /mzlH
They pulled the guy from the car and tackled him to the ground. The man h@ry y\9
was 0LJ v '
a convicted rapist and wanted for other crimes. Z(CkZll
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I never knew about the #77 Cell Phone Feature, but especially for a '^UI,"T
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woman e$ rZ 5X
alone in a car, you should not pull over for an unmarked car. |&i<bqLw:
Apparently IjnU?Bf
police have to respect your right to keep going to a safe & quiet t"oeQ*d%
place. `<d }V2rdz
You obviously need to make some signals that you acknowledge them ( _X
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i.e. &{t,' [ u
put on your hazard lights) or call #77 like Lauren did. &Au@S $ij
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Too bad the cell phone companies don't generally give you this little 5:_}zu|!u
bit ncT&Gr
of wonderful information. b4N[)%@
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*Speaking to a service representative at **Bell ** Mobility confirmed IW] rb/H
that
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#77 was a direct link to OPP Dispatch. So, now it's your turn to let CRy|kkT
your lL0APT;
friends know about #77. :^h$AWR^f
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Send this to every woman (and person) you know; it may save a life.
