I knew about the red light on cars, but not the #77. It was about 1:00 R?)M#^"W
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in the afternoon, and Lauren was driving to visit a friend. An UNMARKED \K$9r=!(
police car pulled up behind her and put his lights on. *Lauren's 'Vwsbm
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parents F)ak5
have always told them never to pull over for an unmarked car on the k e'aSD
side of Arg604V3
the road, but rather to wait until they get to a gas station, etc. * O)y|G% O
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Lauren had actually listened to her parents advice, and promptly called !^{0vFWE
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on her cell phone to tell the police dispatcher that she would not pull :6k8\{^9"D
over right away. She proceeded to tell the dispatcher that there was an B?BB
unmarked police car with a flashing red light on his rooftop behind
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her. u@j]U|FpY
The dispatcher checked to see if there were police cars where she was 00Tm]mMQ X
and J 9!}8uD
there weren't, and he told her to keep driving, remain calm and that he fqoI(/RWP
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back up already on the way. _4eSDO[h
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Ten minutes later 4 cop cars surrounded her and the unmarked car behind \LYB% K}
her. .< 0|V
One policeman went to her side and the others surrounded the car +Bg$]~ T
behind. xq`mo
They pulled the guy from the car and tackled him to the ground. The man Tm!pAD
was T r|B:)X
a convicted rapist and wanted for other crimes. MKqMH,O
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I never knew about the #77 Cell Phone Feature, but especially for a q]%eLfC(
woman ch|4"&g
alone in a car, you should not pull over for an unmarked car. Wpgp YcPS
Apparently PtH>I, /
police have to respect your right to keep going to a safe & quiet 0(!j]w"r3
place. @>>8CU^~
You obviously need to make some signals that you acknowledge them ( ,$"*X-1
i.e. 4+rr3 $AY
put on your hazard lights) or call #77 like Lauren did. G(g`>' m
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Too bad the cell phone companies don't generally give you this little /.54r/FN')
bit 5*M3sN
of wonderful information. %w+"MkH
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*Speaking to a service representative at **Bell ** Mobility confirmed x$:>W3?T=^
that ; DQ{6(
#77 was a direct link to OPP Dispatch. So, now it's your turn to let V}?*kx~T2C
your #&fi[|%X$
friends know about #77. ( v<l9}!
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Send this to every woman (and person) you know; it may save a life.
