I knew about the red light on cars, but not the #77. It was about 1:00 1Ol]^ 'y7)
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in the afternoon, and Lauren was driving to visit a friend. An UNMARKED Y14R"*t~
police car pulled up behind her and put his lights on. *Lauren's aS vE
parents (;&?B.<\:
have always told them never to pull over for an unmarked car on the 0*?XQV@
side of !yX<v%>_0
the road, but rather to wait until they get to a gas station, etc. * Y:,R7EO{!
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Lauren had actually listened to her parents advice, and promptly called nY9 qY
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on her cell phone to tell the police dispatcher that she would not pull 2.D!4+&
over right away. She proceeded to tell the dispatcher that there was an gKN_~{{OD
unmarked police car with a flashing red light on his rooftop behind \&5 @ yh
her. Ye2 ];(M
The dispatcher checked to see if there were police cars where she was j/D)UWkR
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there weren't, and he told her to keep driving, remain calm and that he C|\^uR0
had EcoUpiL%2
back up already on the way. ^Nw]'e3
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Ten minutes later 4 cop cars surrounded her and the unmarked car behind ?(q*U! =
her. 7omGg~!k(
One policeman went to her side and the others surrounded the car {*;]I?9Al
behind. 49oW 'j
They pulled the guy from the car and tackled him to the ground. The man Oq,.Kz
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a convicted rapist and wanted for other crimes. (QSWb>np
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I never knew about the #77 Cell Phone Feature, but especially for a fVUBCu
woman GB?#1|,
alone in a car, you should not pull over for an unmarked car. ]B3FTqR{i
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police have to respect your right to keep going to a safe & quiet uV_)JZ W,L
place. `E=rh3 L0o
You obviously need to make some signals that you acknowledge them ( q7&yb.<KD.
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put on your hazard lights) or call #77 like Lauren did. O'-Zn]@.]
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Too bad the cell phone companies don't generally give you this little XDk o{jEJ
bit Nf 'dT;s.N
of wonderful information. sBtG}Mo )
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*Speaking to a service representative at **Bell ** Mobility confirmed ^70 .g?(f[
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#77 was a direct link to OPP Dispatch. So, now it's your turn to let :{:?D\%6
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friends know about #77. _qt;{,t
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Send this to every woman (and person) you know; it may save a life.
