I knew about the red light on cars, but not the #77. It was about 1:00 M
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in the afternoon, and Lauren was driving to visit a friend. An UNMARKED G>=*yqo
police car pulled up behind her and put his lights on. *Lauren's
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have always told them never to pull over for an unmarked car on the bs&43Ae
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the road, but rather to wait until they get to a gas station, etc. * sdrfsrNvB-
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Lauren had actually listened to her parents advice, and promptly called xu%k~4cB,
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on her cell phone to tell the police dispatcher that she would not pull =Bey gT^
over right away. She proceeded to tell the dispatcher that there was an By,eETU]
unmarked police car with a flashing red light on his rooftop behind C=xa5Y
her. uZYF(Yu
The dispatcher checked to see if there were police cars where she was aKDKm
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there weren't, and he told her to keep driving, remain calm and that he B@))8.h]
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back up already on the way. Po0A#Z l
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Ten minutes later 4 cop cars surrounded her and the unmarked car behind T{^rt3a
her. 0> E r=,e
One policeman went to her side and the others surrounded the car nF:4}qy\
behind. 2'Uu:Y^
They pulled the guy from the car and tackled him to the ground. The man <dNOd0
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was U>SShpmZA
a convicted rapist and wanted for other crimes. Hio0HL-
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I never knew about the #77 Cell Phone Feature, but especially for a 7
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woman M0"_^?
alone in a car, you should not pull over for an unmarked car. Oszj$C(jF
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police have to respect your right to keep going to a safe & quiet e{H=dIa+
place. "{xrL4BtC
You obviously need to make some signals that you acknowledge them ( =I5>$}q_&,
i.e. RBd7YWo\|j
put on your hazard lights) or call #77 like Lauren did. w.o@7|B1N
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Too bad the cell phone companies don't generally give you this little #
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of wonderful information. ^
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*Speaking to a service representative at **Bell ** Mobility confirmed hfB%`x#akQ
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#77 was a direct link to OPP Dispatch. So, now it's your turn to let 6_;icpN]
your $wa{~'
friends know about #77. 4"ZP 'I;
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Send this to every woman (and person) you know; it may save a life.