#77 Very Important

[turtle22]

# 77 Important

I know that this has been around before, but it is just as important this
time as it was before. And if any of you forgot like I did, then it's time
for a reminder.


If you are seeing it for the first time it's worth the trip. A good piece of
advice that I sure didn't know. For Canadians living in Canada, this may be
useful information to remember. Lauren was 19 yrs.old and in college. This
story takes place over the Christmas/New Year's holiday break. It was the
Saturday before New Year's and it was about 1PM 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 4 children (high school and
college age) and have always told them never
to pull over for an unmarked car on the side of the road, but rather wait
until they get a gas station, etc., so 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
where police cars where she was and there wasn'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 you
obviously need to make some signals that you acknowledge them (i.e. put on
your hazard lights) or call #77 like Lauren did. Too bad the cell phone
companies don't give you this little bit of wonderful information.

So now it's your turn to let your friends know about #77. know, it may save
their life.

PS: This happened to a woman just off #1 highway, east of Calgary because of
a similar incident as the above. She wasn't this lucky, she was caught and
murdered. This happened about two years ago, late one evening when she was
going home from work (lived on acreage NE of Calgary) and also in light of
the recent attacks/assaults in the Kamloops area - you just never know. Pass
it on.

[pwwbear]

PLEASE READ THIS:

http://www.snopes.com/horrors/mayhem/fakecop.asp


#77 is not for Canada

It only works in certain states

[Sweetness4713]

yep I was going to say the same thing.. It doesn't not work here..