I knew about the red light on cars, but not the #77. It was about 1:00 P G @C5Rnu
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in the afternoon, and Lauren was driving to visit a friend. An UNMARKED Dc 84^>l
police car pulled up behind her and put his lights on. *Lauren's 7#*`7 K'P!
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have always told them never to pull over for an unmarked car on the 5A%Uv*
side of y'<5P~W!a
the road, but rather to wait until they get to a gas station, etc. * '5A&c(
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Lauren had actually listened to her parents advice, and promptly called z uo:yaO
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on her cell phone to tell the police dispatcher that she would not pull |` |zo+aW
over right away. She proceeded to tell the dispatcher that there was an @PK
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unmarked police car with a flashing red light on his rooftop behind j'Gezx^.<e
her. cV7a, *
The dispatcher checked to see if there were police cars where she was + (`.pa z@
and tVNFulcz$
there weren't, and he told her to keep driving, remain calm and that he AbQ nx%$u
had vrh2}biCR
back up already on the way. p
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Ten minutes later 4 cop cars surrounded her and the unmarked car behind U}
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her. w}M)]kY
One policeman went to her side and the others surrounded the car [<}W S}
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behind. mi@uX@ #
They pulled the guy from the car and tackled him to the ground. The man 4tvZJS
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was +x?8\
a convicted rapist and wanted for other crimes. hVCxw Tg^X
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I never knew about the #77 Cell Phone Feature, but especially for a . R#<Q
woman mZ0_^
alone in a car, you should not pull over for an unmarked car. !u/c'ZLZ>
Apparently aU#r`D@0
police have to respect your right to keep going to a safe & quiet }0>\
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place.
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You obviously need to make some signals that you acknowledge them ( 'oM=ZU8wo
i.e. ?5E MDawt
put on your hazard lights) or call #77 like Lauren did. &KV$x3
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Too bad the cell phone companies don't generally give you this little L"uidd0(g
bit c0_5
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of wonderful information. :3b\ pEO9\
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*Speaking to a service representative at **Bell ** Mobility confirmed -k%|sqDZj
that YllW2g:
#77 was a direct link to OPP Dispatch. So, now it's your turn to let \ _)mWK,h
your ~| oB|>
friends know about #77. @lqI,Ce5
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Send this to every woman (and person) you know; it may save a life.
