Essex Police “acted reasonably” during an investigation into journalist Allison Pearson over a social media post by the Daily Telegraph columnist, a report states.
The National Police Chiefs’ Council (NPCC) looked into the force’s actions after Pearson claimed she felt “bullied and threatened” when officers visited her home in Essex on Remembrance Sunday in November.
The Essex force has previously defended its since-dropped investigation over an allegation that a social media post incited racial hatred.
In his findings, Mark Hobrough, the Chief Constable of Gwent and the NPCC’s hate crime lead, said footage from a body-worn camera showed the investigating officer’s approach to Pearson was “polite and carried out in an exemplary manner”.
Speaking to BBC Radio 4’s PM programme soon after the case was discontinued, Pearson said the visit to her home in Saffron Walden was not “standard practice” and was “absolutely unacceptable”.
She added: “Kemi Badenoch, the Tory leader and many other people in the law, in politics, in normal walks of life, have said that is totally outrageous.”
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