You may have seen this before but I feel it is a good reminder,
something you may want to share with others. I think the big thing for
ladies to remember is you do not have to stop for a policeman in an
area where you would not feel safe. Always go to an area where there
are others to witness what is going on. Also, I think it is true
everywhere now that the police have both red and blue flashing lights,
not just red.


I knew about the red light on cars, but not the *77

It was about 1:00 p..m. In the afternoon, and Lauren was driving to
visit a friend. An UNMARKED police car pulled up behind her and put
his lights on. Lauren's parents have always told her never to pull
over for an unmarked car on the side of the road, but rather to wait
until they get to a gas stat ion, etc.



Lauren had actually listened to her parents' advice, and promptly
called *77 on her cell phone to tell the police dispatcher that she
would not pull over right away. She proceeded to tell the dispatcher
that there was an unmarked police car with a flashing red light on his
rooftop behind her. The dispatcher checked to see if there were
police cars where she was and there weren't, and he told her to keep
driving, remain calm and that he had back up already on the way.




Ten minutes later 4 cop cars surrounded her and the unmarked car
behind her. One policeman went to her side and the others surrounded
the car behind. They pulled the guy from the car and tackled him to
the ground. The man was a convicted rapist and wanted for other
crimes.



I never knew about the *77 Cell Phone Feature, but especially for a
woman alone in a car, you should not pull over for an unmarked car.
Apparently police have to respect your right to keep going to a safe
place.




*Speaking to a service representative at ** Bell ** Mobility
confirmed that *77 was a direct link to State trooper info. So, now
it's your turn to let your friends know about *77..