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UPDATE: Police confirm the vehicle at the centre of a viral Facebook post where a driver exposed himself to a Regina woman was not a taxi. More: http://leaderpost.com/news/local-news/pay-attention-to-cab-number-advice-after-alleged-sexual-assault-by-co-op-taxi-driver Posted by Regina Leader-Post on Monday, December 11, 2017

The woman took what she believed to be a taxi home from a Regina bar on Friday night after a Christmas party. She did not call the vehicle, but flagged one that was parked outside of the bar.

Upon arriving home, the woman wrote, the driver asked to use her washroom, to which she reluctantly agreed. She waited near her front door for him to leave.

The woman said that, after exiting the washroom, the man pulled down his pants. She screamed and threatened to phone police.

In her post, she wrote that, “after some resistance,” the man ran from her residence and drove away.

The woman declined a request for an interview, but said “about seven women with similar stories” had reached out to her after the post.

Barr said he has never heard of a similar case in the city of a person pretending their vehicle is a taxi.

Barr said cab drivers must go through background and criminal record checks before being approved by the City of Regina’s licensing department.

He also reminded the public that taxis have cameras inside the vehicle that record 24/7, even if the cab is shut off. The driver does not have access to the footage.

Lisa Miller, executive director of the Regina Sexual Assault Centre, said that due to low reporting rates of sexual offences, most offenders aren’t known to police.

Although the driver in this case was not a licensed taxi driver, Miller said she knows of three alleged offences relating to taxi drivers in the past several months.

“We’re aware of other incidents, some of them have been reported, some of them have not been reported,” said Miller.