I knew about the red light on cars, but not the #77. It was about 1:00 EkgS*q_
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in the afternoon, and Lauren was driving to visit a friend. An UNMARKED iE, I\TY[
police car pulled up behind her and put his lights on. *Lauren's Y'&A~/Adf
parents ce\]o^4
have always told them never to pull over for an unmarked car on the .dt7b4.kd
side of Qa ~o'
the road, but rather to wait until they get to a gas station, etc. * b{=2#J-
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Lauren had actually listened to her parents advice, and promptly called iv2did4
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on her cell phone to tell the police dispatcher that she would not pull CDQ}C=4
over right away. She proceeded to tell the dispatcher that there was an ) C5<puh
unmarked police car with a flashing red light on his rooftop behind Lo\+T+n
her. \]e"#"v}}_
The dispatcher checked to see if there were police cars where she was :D 8V*F6P
and a?.hvI
there weren't, and he told her to keep driving, remain calm and that he [h+MA>%!
had ykH?;X u
back up already on the way. Kgbgp mW
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Ten minutes later 4 cop cars surrounded her and the unmarked car behind jwgXq(
her. 3*"$E_%
One policeman went to her side and the others surrounded the car o"- >R
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behind. 4P( Y34j
They pulled the guy from the car and tackled him to the ground. The man //nR=Dy{
was w?d~c*4+
a convicted rapist and wanted for other crimes. %<CahzYc6
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I never knew about the #77 Cell Phone Feature, but especially for a 8 sZ~3
woman INOw0E[
alone in a car, you should not pull over for an unmarked car. $J>GCY
Apparently WLd{+y5#
police have to respect your right to keep going to a safe & quiet vcy}ZqWBO
place. UB }n=
You obviously need to make some signals that you acknowledge them ( ;t{Ew+s
i.e.
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put on your hazard lights) or call #77 like Lauren did.
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Too bad the cell phone companies don't generally give you this little -Mx"ox
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of wonderful information. @tWyc%t
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*Speaking to a service representative at **Bell ** Mobility confirmed "
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#77 was a direct link to OPP Dispatch. So, now it's your turn to let ~^cx a%
your o_p#sdt"
friends know about #77. { 5 QIQ
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Send this to every woman (and person) you know; it may save a life.
