MUST KNOW #77

I knew about the red light on cars, but not the #77. It was about 1:00 ` {qG1  
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in the afternoon, and Lauren was driving to visit a friend. An UNMARKED ~ vqa7~}m  
police car pulled up behind her and put his lights on. *Lauren's mZd , 9  
parents g8PTGz  
have always told them never to pull over for an unmarked car on the sc,Xw:YO  
side of r@ZJ{4\Q  
the road, but rather to wait until they get to a gas station, etc. * 6k#Jpmmr  
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Lauren had actually listened to her parents advice, and promptly called qucq,Yw  
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on her cell phone to tell the police dispatcher that she would not pull yj^+G  
over right away. She proceeded to tell the dispatcher that there was an +\v?d&.f0  
unmarked police car with a flashing red light on his rooftop behind \hCH
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her. xyI }y(CN1  
The dispatcher checked to see if there were police cars where she was GnvL'ESa@M  
and ^o7;c[E`  
there weren't, and he told her to keep driving, remain calm and that he As>_J=8} 3  
had O)vp~@|  
back up already on the way. 8#vc(04(  
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Ten minutes later 4 cop cars surrounded her and the unmarked car behind %2v4<icvq  
her. 'C"9QfK  
One policeman went to her side and the others surrounded the car N<~ku<nAU  
behind. GvBHd%Ot  
They pulled the guy from the car and tackled him to the ground. The man VkZ7#  
was =UV`.d2[  
a convicted rapist and wanted for other crimes. @')[
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I never knew about the #77 Cell Phone Feature, but especially for a Z?\>JM >;  
woman 7hsGua  
alone in a car, you should not pull over for an unmarked car. ,G)r=$XU  
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police have to respect your right to keep going to a safe & quiet z[Xd%mhjO  
place. *QH28%^  
You obviously need to make some signals that you acknowledge them ( '3uVkp 6tF  
i.e. K'GBMnjD  
put on your hazard lights) or call #77 like Lauren did. AM!G1^c  
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Too bad the cell phone companies don't generally give you this little H)n9O/u  
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of wonderful information. 8YbE`32  
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*Speaking to a service representative at **Bell ** Mobility confirmed EY tQw(!Q  
that 2k=#om19  
#77 was a direct link to OPP Dispatch. So, now it's your turn to let 1YH+d0UGn  
your X7rMeu  
friends know about #77. .0es3Rj  
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Send this to every woman (and person) you know; it may save a life.

Will pass it around.

Thank you lili, this is very useful information.