Behind the Story: When the police call you to say ‘get off your phone’

Bulletin editor Stewart Sowman-Lund has had a few roles in his time
at the Spinoff, first as live updates editor, then reporter, and
now as bulletin editor. Writing a bulletin every morning takes up
plenty of his time, but he also specialises in following those
random, one-off tips that every journalist gets. This week’s tip
was from a man who had strangely been called by the police while
driving, to tell him to stop using his phone while driving. ‘It was
quite baffling’: Police call driver on motorway to say ‘stop using
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