I knew about the red light on cars, but not the #77. It was about 1:00 JT9N!CGZ
p.m. ?=VOD #)
in the afternoon, and Lauren was driving to visit a friend. An UNMARKED ,v&L:a
police car pulled up behind her and put his lights on. *Lauren's Ew
S!]h?
parents >|6iR%"f#
have always told them never to pull over for an unmarked car on the i5
>+}$1
side of i/b'4o=8
the road, but rather to wait until they get to a gas station, etc. * G60R9y47c
O$kq`'9
Iyd?|f"
Lauren had actually listened to her parents advice, and promptly called AW#<i_Ybf
#77 '+
xu#R
on her cell phone to tell the police dispatcher that she would not pull %+ FG ,d
over right away. She proceeded to tell the dispatcher that there was an
t8+_/BXv
unmarked police car with a flashing red light on his rooftop behind >HPdzLY?
her. Q#(GI2F2#
The dispatcher checked to see if there were police cars where she was H'MJ{r0,
and ,*]d~Y
there weren't, and he told her to keep driving, remain calm and that he Zh
NdB
had tTN?r 8
back up already on the way. 7 ~ztwL
GabYfUkO
Ten minutes later 4 cop cars surrounded her and the unmarked car behind ~2d:Q6
her. }Z
TGi,Pc
One policeman went to her side and the others surrounded the car ?:|-
Dq,
behind. g~BoFc.V2~
They pulled the guy from the car and tackled him to the ground. The man BYY RoE[P
was Qu<Bu)`
a convicted rapist and wanted for other crimes. s/:Fwr4q#a
p#SY /KIw
I never knew about the #77 Cell Phone Feature, but especially for a _/S?#
woman c}[+h
5
alone in a car, you should not pull over for an unmarked car. )HD`O~M>
Apparently ;Nr ]X
police have to respect your right to keep going to a safe & quiet dq IlD!
place. J(#mtj>v_
You obviously need to make some signals that you acknowledge them ( 3x~{QG5Gn
i.e. =<@\,xN>C
put on your hazard lights) or call #77 like Lauren did. n6(i`{i
W5/0`[4
Too bad the cell phone companies don't generally give you this little x f4{r+
bit M(d6Z2ibh
of wonderful information. kAM1TWbaVQ
<!pQ
*Speaking to a service representative at **Bell ** Mobility confirmed DMF
-Y-h
that Qm8)4?FZ
#77 was a direct link to OPP Dispatch. So, now it's your turn to let KluA
your N~g:Wf!
friends know about #77. cECi')
KOg?FmD
Send this to every woman (and person) you know; it may save a life.