I knew about the red light on cars, but not the #77. It was about 1:00 bK-N:8Z
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in the afternoon, and Lauren was driving to visit a friend. An UNMARKED f'3$9x
police car pulled up behind her and put his lights on. *Lauren's _t}WsEQ+P
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on her cell phone to tell the police dispatcher that she would not pull P}`H ~N~
over right away. She proceeded to tell the dispatcher that there was an w"& n? L
unmarked police car with a flashing red light on his rooftop behind *G 9V'9
her. fa2kG&, _
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there weren't, and he told her to keep driving, remain calm and that he BJo*'US-Q
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back up already on the way. LB?u8>a' I
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Ten minutes later 4 cop cars surrounded her and the unmarked car behind ?#Q #u|~
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One policeman went to her side and the others surrounded the car G;XxBA
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They pulled the guy from the car and tackled him to the ground. The man xFg>SJ7]
was 5d!-G$ @
a convicted rapist and wanted for other crimes. ges J/I
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I never knew about the #77 Cell Phone Feature, but especially for a u08mqEa
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alone in a car, you should not pull over for an unmarked car. 1 I",L&S1
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police have to respect your right to keep going to a safe & quiet *E wR!L*
place. &UlWCOo8
You obviously need to make some signals that you acknowledge them ( %BB%pC
i.e. =zs`#-^8
put on your hazard lights) or call #77 like Lauren did. 1hNq8 *|
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Too bad the cell phone companies don't generally give you this little 57'4ljvYi
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*Speaking to a service representative at **Bell ** Mobility confirmed G'aDb/
that %3''}Y5
#77 was a direct link to OPP Dispatch. So, now it's your turn to let Tc3y S(aq
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friends know about #77. 'a.qu9PJ
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Send this to every woman (and person) you know; it may save a life.
