I knew about the red light on cars, but not the #77. It was about 1:00 c.Do b?5
p.m. 3.V-r59
in the afternoon, and Lauren was driving to visit a friend. An UNMARKED j9O"!9$vQ
police car pulled up behind her and put his lights on. *Lauren's 8gXf4A(N
parents 9 UcSQ"D
have always told them never to pull over for an unmarked car on the x0ICpt{;
side of e)kVS}e?
the road, but rather to wait until they get to a gas station, etc. * WXX08"
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Lauren had actually listened to her parents advice, and promptly called c n^z=?
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on her cell phone to tell the police dispatcher that she would not pull "a]Ff&T-
over right away. She proceeded to tell the dispatcher that there was an Wu
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unmarked police car with a flashing red light on his rooftop behind mAuN* (
her. TU O*w
The dispatcher checked to see if there were police cars where she was P7y.:%DGD0
and ,_U3p ,
there weren't, and he told her to keep driving, remain calm and that he *v0}S5^/"
had 9Fh1rZD<
back up already on the way. >OW>^%\!1
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Ten minutes later 4 cop cars surrounded her and the unmarked car behind !--A"
her. l>?k>NEpP
One policeman went to her side and the others surrounded the car la*c/*
behind. "dFuQB
They pulled the guy from the car and tackled him to the ground. The man ds<q"S{p
was q|xic>.
a convicted rapist and wanted for other crimes. hC2_Yr>N%
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I never knew about the #77 Cell Phone Feature, but especially for a O;SD90
woman =Y<RG"]a&J
alone in a car, you should not pull over for an unmarked car. PJ
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police have to respect your right to keep going to a safe & quiet UO8./%'
place. ?vocI
You obviously need to make some signals that you acknowledge them ( $#HUxwx4
i.e. .Eg[[K_iD
put on your hazard lights) or call #77 like Lauren did. 9p%8VDF=
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Too bad the cell phone companies don't generally give you this little
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of wonderful information. =(]||1.
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*Speaking to a service representative at **Bell ** Mobility confirmed |emZZj
that PXDwTuyc
#77 was a direct link to OPP Dispatch. So, now it's your turn to let RtScv
your Fa9gr/.F,@
friends know about #77.
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Send this to every woman (and person) you know; it may save a life.