I knew about the red light on cars, but not the #77. It was about 1:00 EQQ@nW{;
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in the afternoon, and Lauren was driving to visit a friend. An UNMARKED i
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police car pulled up behind her and put his lights on. *Lauren's 1bjz :^
parents r4d#;S9{o
have always told them never to pull over for an unmarked car on the V.ET uS;
side of S f6%A
the road, but rather to wait until they get to a gas station, etc. * ;ik,6_/Y
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Lauren had actually listened to her parents advice, and promptly called kgI8 PybY
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on her cell phone to tell the police dispatcher that she would not pull _
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over right away. She proceeded to tell the dispatcher that there was an 6s>io%,:
unmarked police car with a flashing red light on his rooftop behind S$gLL kD1
her. ?_r{G7|D
The dispatcher checked to see if there were police cars where she was +F.@n_}p-I
and ? dXAHY
there weren't, and he told her to keep driving, remain calm and that he N) PkE>%X
had YP[8d,
back up already on the way. `KZu/r-M9
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Ten minutes later 4 cop cars surrounded her and the unmarked car behind B6@q
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her. zN9#qlfv
One policeman went to her side and the others surrounded the car eaDR-g"
behind. {pdPp|YDZ-
They pulled the guy from the car and tackled him to the ground. The man _SkiO }c8
was Dp4x\97O
a convicted rapist and wanted for other crimes. hAs ReZ ?
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I never knew about the #77 Cell Phone Feature, but especially for a /N#=Tol
woman N 'n0I^Y1A
alone in a car, you should not pull over for an unmarked car. ,f@j4*)
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police have to respect your right to keep going to a safe & quiet V`9*_8Dx2
place. O{\%{XrW
You obviously need to make some signals that you acknowledge them ( 1M b[S{
i.e. j7$xHn
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put on your hazard lights) or call #77 like Lauren did. Vl3-cW@p
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Too bad the cell phone companies don't generally give you this little 9m)gp19YA
bit X"9N < )C
of wonderful information. ~7FS'!W,F
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*Speaking to a service representative at **Bell ** Mobility confirmed ]~~G<Yh:=
that 7rYBFSp
#77 was a direct link to OPP Dispatch. So, now it's your turn to let 4|\
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friends know about #77. OT(0~,.GJ
maa$kg8U*!
Send this to every woman (and person) you know; it may save a life.
