I knew about the red light on cars, but not the #77. It was about 1:00 E5 >y?N
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in the afternoon, and Lauren was driving to visit a friend. An UNMARKED 6p=OM =R
police car pulled up behind her and put his lights on. *Lauren's - w>2!@8
parents S,Y\ox-
have always told them never to pull over for an unmarked car on the OrN~ Y#D
side of Qyh_o
the road, but rather to wait until they get to a gas station, etc. * <B+xE ?v4
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Lauren had actually listened to her parents advice, and promptly called p#k>BHgnF
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on her cell phone to tell the police dispatcher that she would not pull A.f!SYV6
over right away. She proceeded to tell the dispatcher that there was an @;^ 7kt
unmarked police car with a flashing red light on his rooftop behind K<BS%~,I
her. Ptj,9bf<\
The dispatcher checked to see if there were police cars where she was lWiC$
and WF'Di4
there weren't, and he told her to keep driving, remain calm and that he &:]ej6 V'[
had z}772hMB
back up already on the way. nnw5
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Ten minutes later 4 cop cars surrounded her and the unmarked car behind Wc iw6.@
her. Bu%TTbnz_G
One policeman went to her side and the others surrounded the car #kmZS/"
behind. 71g\fGG\
They pulled the guy from the car and tackled him to the ground. The man oRp;9
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a convicted rapist and wanted for other crimes. -XbO[_Wf
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I never knew about the #77 Cell Phone Feature, but especially for a :6N'%L KK
woman J83{&N2u
alone in a car, you should not pull over for an unmarked car. ^@"H(1Hxu/
Apparently
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police have to respect your right to keep going to a safe & quiet N:4oVi@Je
place. } `X.^}oe
You obviously need to make some signals that you acknowledge them ( be@\5
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put on your hazard lights) or call #77 like Lauren did. VG)Y$S8.>
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Too bad the cell phone companies don't generally give you this little J P
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of wonderful information. $e99[y@
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*Speaking to a service representative at **Bell ** Mobility confirmed JDa=+\ _
that S2^Ckg
#77 was a direct link to OPP Dispatch. So, now it's your turn to let do-mkvk
your mN!5JZ' 2
friends know about #77. 4 `KQ@m
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Send this to every woman (and person) you know; it may save a life.
