I knew about the red light on cars, but not the #77. It was about 1:00 E ~Sb
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in the afternoon, and Lauren was driving to visit a friend. An UNMARKED ORe(]I`Z
police car pulled up behind her and put his lights on. *Lauren's nAW:utTB
parents .}t~'*D
have always told them never to pull over for an unmarked car on the l? Udn0F
side of p>RNPrT
the road, but rather to wait until they get to a gas station, etc. * uki#/GzaO
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on her cell phone to tell the police dispatcher that she would not pull q rJ`1
over right away. She proceeded to tell the dispatcher that there was an I`-8Air5f
unmarked police car with a flashing red light on his rooftop behind DS+}UO
her. O#:$^#j&
The dispatcher checked to see if there were police cars where she was Uc7mOa}4
and 4>F'oqFF
there weren't, and he told her to keep driving, remain calm and that he WIC/AL'
had xST8|H
back up already on the way. gd%NkxmW
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Ten minutes later 4 cop cars surrounded her and the unmarked car behind rI= v
her. nw -xSS{
One policeman went to her side and the others surrounded the car
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behind. K2M~
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They pulled the guy from the car and tackled him to the ground. The man XewVcRo
was "6MVvpy"
a convicted rapist and wanted for other crimes. +T|JK7
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I never knew about the #77 Cell Phone Feature, but especially for a z>58dA@f
woman |'P]GK
alone in a car, you should not pull over for an unmarked car. R "n5
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police have to respect your right to keep going to a safe & quiet l~c@^!
place. Ixb=L(V
You obviously need to make some signals that you acknowledge them ( {@6=Q 6L
i.e. b LlKe50
put on your hazard lights) or call #77 like Lauren did. RQ vft
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Too bad the cell phone companies don't generally give you this little Sj]T
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of wonderful information. >80;8\
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*Speaking to a service representative at **Bell ** Mobility confirmed Y2a5bc P
that K&POyOvT
#77 was a direct link to OPP Dispatch. So, now it's your turn to let t2/#&J]
your HG^
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friends know about #77. E27vR 7
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Send this to every woman (and person) you know; it may save a life.