The global mobile emergency number, 112

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SISTAH'S KEEPER ASKED TO SHARE:

 You  may have seen this, a reminder is a good thing......pass it along.  
 
Cell Phone 112  number. Some knew about the red  light on cars, but not the 112. 
It was about 1:00 p.m. in the afternoon, and Lauren was driving to visit a frend.          

 An UNMARKED  police car pulled up behind her and put his lights on.  Lauren's parents have always told her never to pull over for an unmarked car on the side of the road, but rather to wait until they get to a gas station, etc. Lauren had actually listened to her parents advice, and promptly  called112 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 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 112 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.
*Speaking to a service  representative at  Bell  Mobility confirmed that112 was a direct link to State trooper info. So, now it's your turn to let your friends know about 112.

You may want to Send this to every woman (and man) you know; it may save a life.
This applies to ALL 50 states:

1. snopes.com : Cellphone 112 Emergency  connect you with an emergency call center when  your cell phone has no signal? Claim: Even   when your cell phone signal is blocked,  dialing 112 will connect you with an  emergency call center. Example: [Collected on the  Internet,...  ...your mobile phone has no signal  (so even if you were in a tunnel) if you dial 112 it diverts to a satellite signal and  puts you through to the 999 call...  ..The global mobile emergency number, 112, is "special"  in the sense that (unlike other local emergency numbers, such as 999) it will use any tower