[Scan-DC] [OT] #77

[Cliff Jennings]

I got the following email.  Does anyone know if #77 does this, and if so, is
it a local thing or universal??



Subject: Feature #77 on your cell phone:
>
> Pass this on to women (and men) friends!
>
> I never even knew about this #77 feature! This actually happened
> to one of �my dearest friend's daughter. Her daughter, Lauren, is
> 19 yrs old and in college. This happened to her over the
> Christmas/New Year's holiday break.
>
> It was the Saturday before New Year's and it was about 1 PM in
> the �afternoon. Lauren was driving to visit a friend. An
> UNMARKED police car pulled up behind her and put his lights
> on. My friend and her husband 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 to 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 was a police car 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 min 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. Thank Goodness Lauren listened to her parents!
> She was shaken up, but fine.
>
> I never knew that bit of advice, but especially for a woman alone
> in a car, you should not pull over for an unmarked car in a
> secluded area. In fact, even a marked car after dark should
> follow you to a populated area. 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.
>
> Be safe and pass this on to your friends. Awareness is
> everything.