Satow, *77

These, again, are unrelated.
5669 Hawthorne, 439,000

*77 is a direct link to state trooper info
This story is a bit theatrical, but I'm passing it on anyway.
I should probably make this a link but I'm not sure where the link is.

It was about 1:00 PM. in the afternoon, and Lauren was driving to visit a friend. An UNMARKED police car pulled up behind her andput his lights on. Lauren's parents have always told them never to pull over for an unmarked car on the side of the road, but rather towait until they get to a gas station, etc. Lauren had actually listened to her parentsadvice, and promptly called *77 on her cell phone totell the policedispatcher that she would not pull over right away.

She proceeded to tell the dispatcher that therewas an unmarked police car with a flashing red lighton 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 tokeep 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 himto 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 & quiet 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 generally give you this little bit of wonderful information. 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 Send this to every woman (and person) you know; it may save a life.