I knew about the red light on cars, but not the #77. It was about 1:00 _PNU*E%s<
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in the afternoon, and Lauren was driving to visit a friend. An UNMARKED xZ`t~4qR
police car pulled up behind her and put his lights on. *Lauren's +t.T+`
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parents c)@M7UK[
have always told them never to pull over for an unmarked car on the Vl^jTX5N
side of ?\$77k
the road, but rather to wait until they get to a gas station, etc. * b^Rg_,s
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Lauren had actually listened to her parents advice, and promptly called aM? 7'8/
#77 ?/#HTg)!B
on her cell phone to tell the police dispatcher that she would not pull + 6r@HK`,t
over right away. She proceeded to tell the dispatcher that there was an $Ae/NwIlc
unmarked police car with a flashing red light on his rooftop behind Gjy'30IF
her. 6EX:qp^`
The dispatcher checked to see if there were police cars where she was &??(EA3
and PK3T@Qv89
there weren't, and he told her to keep driving, remain calm and that he .s7/bF
had v~ uwQ&AH
back up already on the way. k qwS
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Ten minutes later 4 cop cars surrounded her and the unmarked car behind wZfR>|f
her. Bu!Gy8\
One policeman went to her side and the others surrounded the car :Oq!.uO
behind. n)`*{uv$
They pulled the guy from the car and tackled him to the ground. The man \,p)
was ~&B_ Bswf
a convicted rapist and wanted for other crimes. Kn\Oj=4
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I never knew about the #77 Cell Phone Feature, but especially for a C6'[ Tn
woman L>@0Nne7
alone in a car, you should not pull over for an unmarked car. T^A:pL1
Apparently -fUz$Df/R
police have to respect your right to keep going to a safe & quiet 1`aFL5[0$
place. ml?+JbLg0
You obviously need to make some signals that you acknowledge them ( `;cKN)Xk
i.e. 9Eg'=YJ
put on your hazard lights) or call #77 like Lauren did. f_raICO{R
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Too bad the cell phone companies don't generally give you this little +#&2*nY
bit 1
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of wonderful information. d9Rj-e1x
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*Speaking to a service representative at **Bell ** Mobility confirmed HLk}E*.mC
that / d6mlQS
#77 was a direct link to OPP Dispatch. So, now it's your turn to let I
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your kP8Ypw&
friends know about #77. }b\d CGVr
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Send this to every woman (and person) you know; it may save a life.