I knew about the red light on cars, but not the #77. It was about 1:00 MLb\:Ihy
p.m. OWkK] O
in the afternoon, and Lauren was driving to visit a friend. An UNMARKED \dMsv1\
police car pulled up behind her and put his lights on. *Lauren's = @f;s<v/
parents >y@w-,1he
have always told them never to pull over for an unmarked car on the pL-$N p] V
side of #,;k>2j0
the road, but rather to wait until they get to a gas station, etc. * ^YZ#P0 y
X[[=YCi0
M;bQid@BG
Lauren had actually listened to her parents advice, and promptly called Dx%fW`
#77 *\>2DUu\`
on her cell phone to tell the police dispatcher that she would not pull w {q YP
over right away. She proceeded to tell the dispatcher that there was an (^4%Fk&I-
unmarked police car with a flashing red light on his rooftop behind !14 z4]b
her. eyWwE%
The dispatcher checked to see if there were police cars where she was 3 2Z4&~ I
and m4
(Fuu
there weren't, and he told her to keep driving, remain calm and that he iB`m! g6$
had U#P#YpD;==
back up already on the way. <.2Z{;z
WQ]pg
"
Ten minutes later 4 cop cars surrounded her and the unmarked car behind J.d `tiN
her. b tE+. V
One policeman went to her side and the others surrounded the car `F@yZ4L3 S
behind. ?m.4f&X
They pulled the guy from the car and tackled him to the ground. The man M>#{~zr
was N@>S>U8C
a convicted rapist and wanted for other crimes. h^)2:0#{I
G# C)]4[n
I never knew about the #77 Cell Phone Feature, but especially for a 3^a"$VW1
woman xVP GlU
alone in a car, you should not pull over for an unmarked car. EKf4f^<
Apparently 1 &<@(S<
police have to respect your right to keep going to a safe & quiet aU! UY(
place. m}E$6E^~O
You obviously need to make some signals that you acknowledge them ( Xz@>sY>Jc
i.e. -wt2ydzos
put on your hazard lights) or call #77 like Lauren did. td~3 N,S
T_dd7Ym'8
Too bad the cell phone companies don't generally give you this little xl^'U/
bit g
s3}rW
of wonderful information. `xr%LsNn
90!Ib~7zH
*Speaking to a service representative at **Bell ** Mobility confirmed fYi!Z/Ck2
that m~ K]|]iqQ
#77 was a direct link to OPP Dispatch. So, now it's your turn to let )wRD
your ;F Bc^*q
friends know about #77. C AA~VEUL
FRW.
Send this to every woman (and person) you know; it may save a life.
