I knew about the red light on cars, but not the #77. It was about 1:00 &~ *.CQa
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police car pulled up behind her and put his lights on. *Lauren's llq*T"7
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have always told them never to pull over for an unmarked car on the O$qtq(Q%
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the road, but rather to wait until they get to a gas station, etc. * T~Ly^|Ihz
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Lauren had actually listened to her parents advice, and promptly called BC! 6O/kr
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on her cell phone to tell the police dispatcher that she would not pull r<c #nD~K
over right away. She proceeded to tell the dispatcher that there was an XE1$K_m
unmarked police car with a flashing red light on his rooftop behind qZ*f%L(
her. 6YmP[%
The dispatcher checked to see if there were police cars where she was q$gz_nVq,b
and ZIpD{ >/
there weren't, and he told her to keep driving, remain calm and that he mu[Op*)
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back up already on the way. R4{-Qv#8
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Ten minutes later 4 cop cars surrounded her and the unmarked car behind @vRwzc\
her. x7dEo%j
One policeman went to her side and the others surrounded the car 7?J3ci\
behind. sWHyL(C@
They pulled the guy from the car and tackled him to the ground. The man S8" f]5s
was 6)}B"Qd
a convicted rapist and wanted for other crimes. dU]/$7
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I never knew about the #77 Cell Phone Feature, but especially for a l!?yu]Yon
woman F_=1;,K%
alone in a car, you should not pull over for an unmarked car. rkDi+D 6`q
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police have to respect your right to keep going to a safe & quiet T#EFX HPr
place. $.rzc]s
You obviously need to make some signals that you acknowledge them ( &gn-Wb?
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put on your hazard lights) or call #77 like Lauren did. mnjs(x<m
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Too bad the cell phone companies don't generally give you this little |sIr?RL{C
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of wonderful information. +q {[\#t5
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*Speaking to a service representative at **Bell ** Mobility confirmed e z\eOH6
that '\"G{jU@
#77 was a direct link to OPP Dispatch. So, now it's your turn to let c.%.\al8oW
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friends know about #77. ^lj7(
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Send this to every woman (and person) you know; it may save a life.
