I knew about the red light on cars, but not the #77. It was about 1:00 vwR_2u
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in the afternoon, and Lauren was driving to visit a friend. An UNMARKED 337.' |ZE
police car pulled up behind her and put his lights on. *Lauren's E}^V@ :j>
parents N'^>pSc4W|
have always told them never to pull over for an unmarked car on the Z\$HgG
side of xh6(~'$
the road, but rather to wait until they get to a gas station, etc. * ];r!
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Lauren had actually listened to her parents advice, and promptly called lED!}h'4
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on her cell phone to tell the police dispatcher that she would not pull n
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over right away. She proceeded to tell the dispatcher that there was an 3CUQQ_
unmarked police car with a flashing red light on his rooftop behind 3)OZf{D[
her. ~% hdy@
The dispatcher checked to see if there were police cars where she was s"
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and %cNN<x8
there weren't, and he told her to keep driving, remain calm and that he [|\6AIoS
had ~cz}C("Z
back up already on the way. mrGV{ {.
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Ten minutes later 4 cop cars surrounded her and the unmarked car behind
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her. s8j |>R|k
One policeman went to her side and the others surrounded the car /iW+<@Mas
behind. ;qx#]Z0 <
They pulled the guy from the car and tackled him to the ground. The man J?4{#p
was Rq4;{a/j
a convicted rapist and wanted for other crimes. , 5'o>Y
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I never knew about the #77 Cell Phone Feature, but especially for a Y#U.9>h
woman LPs%^*8(2
alone in a car, you should not pull over for an unmarked car. v|?@k^Ms
Apparently ?y>N&\pt2
police have to respect your right to keep going to a safe & quiet uLms0r\@!
place. 68%aDs
You obviously need to make some signals that you acknowledge them ( j*=!M# D
i.e.
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put on your hazard lights) or call #77 like Lauren did. Wzq
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Too bad the cell phone companies don't generally give you this little $m`Dyu
bit p^l#Wq5
of wonderful information. +sNS
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*Speaking to a service representative at **Bell ** Mobility confirmed '.}}k!#
that whI{?NP
#77 was a direct link to OPP Dispatch. So, now it's your turn to let 0JR/V68$
your 0AZ9I!&i
friends know about #77. <J%qzt}
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Send this to every woman (and person) you know; it may save a life.