I knew about the red light on cars, but not the #77. It was about 1:00 .E:3I!dH7
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in the afternoon, and Lauren was driving to visit a friend. An UNMARKED #n7F7X
police car pulled up behind her and put his lights on. *Lauren's _qxBjB4t"a
parents qkM)zO Z^
have always told them never to pull over for an unmarked car on the 2zV{I*
side of C09rgEB\B
the road, but rather to wait until they get to a gas station, etc. * E0*KKo%
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Lauren had actually listened to her parents advice, and promptly called :`>$B?x+
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on her cell phone to tell the police dispatcher that she would not pull YYN'LF#j
over right away. She proceeded to tell the dispatcher that there was an :MP*Xy\7&J
unmarked police car with a flashing red light on his rooftop behind %lnVzGP
her. j|KjQ'9
The dispatcher checked to see if there were police cars where she was 7D KTd^^M
and 1K UM!DUD
there weren't, and he told her to keep driving, remain calm and that he DFXHD,o
had / fSsh;F
back up already on the way. 3;O4o]`
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Ten minutes later 4 cop cars surrounded her and the unmarked car behind 2Ij,OIcdBE
her. Tc .Qz D\
One policeman went to her side and the others surrounded the car g5C$#<28
behind. g8SVuG<DI\
They pulled the guy from the car and tackled him to the ground. The man :#VdFMC<
was -U {CWn3G
a convicted rapist and wanted for other crimes. $ {h1(ec8
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I never knew about the #77 Cell Phone Feature, but especially for a |iA8aHF U
woman S}b^_+UbP
alone in a car, you should not pull over for an unmarked car. UhKd o
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police have to respect your right to keep going to a safe & quiet kaT
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You obviously need to make some signals that you acknowledge them ( hh-a+]
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i.e. (K LhF
put on your hazard lights) or call #77 like Lauren did. )H>?K0I
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Too bad the cell phone companies don't generally give you this little :O' QL,
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of wonderful information. 4J1_rMfh
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*Speaking to a service representative at **Bell ** Mobility confirmed 9Tg
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that F%:74.]Y
#77 was a direct link to OPP Dispatch. So, now it's your turn to let Eq?U$eE
your GBl[s,g[|
friends know about #77. .(&w/jR
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Send this to every woman (and person) you know; it may save a life.
