I knew about the red light on cars, but not the #77. It was about 1:00
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in the afternoon, and Lauren was driving to visit a friend. An UNMARKED N| N#-
police car pulled up behind her and put his lights on. *Lauren's Qms ,kX
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have always told them never to pull over for an unmarked car on the S#:y l>2
side of vg"$&YX9"
the road, but rather to wait until they get to a gas station, etc. * )@V z,f\}
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Lauren had actually listened to her parents advice, and promptly called z{q|HO
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on her cell phone to tell the police dispatcher that she would not pull Fmd^9K
over right away. She proceeded to tell the dispatcher that there was an Od,P,t9
unmarked police car with a flashing red light on his rooftop behind P&=H<^yd
her. 5fT"`FL?
The dispatcher checked to see if there were police cars where she was - _KO}_
and %aB
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there weren't, and he told her to keep driving, remain calm and that he ;usR=i36b
had 9* <=K
back up already on the way. @~+W
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Ten minutes later 4 cop cars surrounded her and the unmarked car behind 0
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her. %0 gcNk"=
One policeman went to her side and the others surrounded the car =-m"y~{>3
behind. r3BQo[ 't
They pulled the guy from the car and tackled him to the ground. The man M}S1Zz%Ii1
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a convicted rapist and wanted for other crimes. og~Uv"&?T
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I never knew about the #77 Cell Phone Feature, but especially for a #3_t}<fX
woman \,ko'4 8@
alone in a car, you should not pull over for an unmarked car. [Nw%fuB
Apparently Bs!F |x(
police have to respect your right to keep going to a safe & quiet ,pHQv(K/
place. E5+-N
You obviously need to make some signals that you acknowledge them ( z *w.A=r
i.e. l2*o@&.
put on your hazard lights) or call #77 like Lauren did. |b+ZKRW
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Too bad the cell phone companies don't generally give you this little DTMoZm
bit 8{f~tPY
of wonderful information. fN!lXPgM
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*Speaking to a service representative at **Bell ** Mobility confirmed h RFm]q
that GL^84[f-T
#77 was a direct link to OPP Dispatch. So, now it's your turn to let DmA~Vj!a^y
your sA|!b.q
friends know about #77. T1\@4x
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Send this to every woman (and person) you know; it may save a life.
