Hold your nose and read. "The importance of *677 or *OPP.Thought this was good information for all the gals out there who take their independence seriously.
I knew about the red light on cars, but not the *677.
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 and put his lights on. Lauren's parents have four 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 *677 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 four 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 *677 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 *677 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.
*677 is a direct link to OPP Dispatch.
So, now it's your turn to let your friends know about *677.
Send this to every woman in Ontario you know, it may save a life. Good grief, that old Urban Legend is going around again. It rates right up there with the “blink the head lights” and the vehicle following behind and blinking the head lights legends. Please send a retraction too all those who have been sent this lie.
Link *OPP ( Star OPP) is the direct link to the OPP. That is Star 677 but do you expect somebody in a panic to remember Star OPP or star 677 or was it Star 776 or was it 677 star etc?
If you do not pull over for a plain cruiser and you do not get through to the call taker in time. And if the call taker doesn’t get the correct dispatcher for your area informed in time due to being busy with other urgent calls. You can count on some very upset officers getting you off the road one way or another. E.G. pushed off the road, being boxed in by other cruisers or running over a spiked belt. Then also being charged with failing to pull over for a police officer which is seven points. Probably you will have a chat with the judge too. Oh yes, you will cuffed and stuffed none too gently into the backseat of a cruiser. Maybe tossed to the ground with a firearm pointed at your head into the back 1st. Then hauled down to the Police Station for a grilling session. Your insurance company probably won’t cover the damage to your vehicle and guess what is going to happen to your insurance rates. Most of the time an unmarked cruiser works with a marked cruiser for just this very reason so people will be pulled over by a marked cruiser. E.G. the unmarked car catches you fro speeding but a marked car a mile down the road pulls you over. >Link >Link Sorry this is a Catch 22 situation and you are going to loose no matter what you do. As for the odds of being pulled over by an auto thief or rapist? Unless you look like a wealthy fashion model and are driving a Corvette, 700 series BMW, luxury SUV , a Mercedes, Ferrari etc. Odds are that that’s a cop behind you and he/she is going to get even more upset with you. People worry too much and are too scared over things odds are will never happen. You are in more danger dieing in you own home from choking on food or falling down. As for these people with too much time on their hands that make up these Urban Legends that scare, misinform and possibly get otherwise decent law abiding people in trouble. What should be done with them? As for those of you who fell for this load of garbage and didn’t know that only in Ontario that “Star OPP” works. Shame on you.
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