You obviously need to make some signals that you acknowledge them (i.e. Apparently police have to respect your right to keep going to a “safe” place. In fact, even a marked car after dark should follow you to a populated area. I never knew that bit of advice, but especially for a woman alone in a car, you should NEVER pull over for an unmarked car in a secluded area. Thank God Lauren listened to her parents! She was shaken up, but fine. They pulled the guy from the car and tackled him to the ground … the man was a convicted rapist and wanted for other crimes. One policeman went to her side and the others surrounded the car behind. Ten minutes later, 4 police cars surrounded her and the unmarked car behind her. He told her to keep driving, remain calm and that he had back-up already on the way.

There wasn’t and she was connected to the policeman in front of her. The dispatcher checked to confirm that there were 2 police cars where she was. She proceeded to tell the dispatcher that there were 2 police cars, one unmarked behind her and one marked in front of her. So Lauren actually listened to her parents advice, and promptly called #77 on her cell phone to tell the dispatcher that she would not pull over right away.

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. An UNMARKED police car pulled up behind her and put his lights on. Lauren was actually following behind a state police car shortly after she left Winchester and was going just over 65 mph since she was following behind him. 50 East is a main road (55 mph and two lanes each side with a big median separating East/West lanes), but is somewhat secluded, known for it’s big horse farms and beautiful country estates. Those of you who aren’t familiar with this area, Rt. 50 East towards Middleburg and then was going to cut over to I-66 via Rt. For those of you who are familiar with the area, she was taking Rt. Lauren was driving from here (Winchester, Va.) to visit a friend in Warrenton. It was the Saturday before New Year’s and it was about 1 pm in the afternoon. This happened to her over the Christmas/New Year’s holiday break. This actually happened to one of my dearest nw friend’s daughter. This is an actual true story and not one of those Internet stories that are passed on and on.

112 operator vs 911 operator