The Stasi are alive and well, in Starmers UK...

As Oskar Reddrop says, the prime minister should make it perfectly clear that the police should not be wasting their time investigating so called NCHI's. But tbh, I think Oskar is being a little naive. Starmer obviously approves of police actions. I mean, he didn't get the name 'two tier Keir' for nothing.

I am going to ruffle a few feathers with my opinion.

According to the media this alleged offence was first reported to another Police Force, they passed it onto Essex Police , they initially did not want or wish to investigate , but later changed their mind

Allegedly

The complainant said: “As a former public servant, I was concerned about the tweet that Pearson put out last year so much so that I reported it to the police … I have no political affiliation and will call out racism, antisemitism and Islamophobia when I see it.

“This is not a debate about free speech; this is about a journalist who tweeted something false during the height of the tensions in London following the 7 October atrocities.

The visit by officers to Pearson’s Essex home was captured on body-worn video. A source insisted police were polite and merely trying to arrange a proper interview, where Pearson could have a lawyer present and answer questions, in keeping with laws governing police interviews."

IMO the right way to do it, they were not there to arrest her nor question her, and quite rightly did not name the person who reported the alleged crime to her that would have been done at the Police Station when interviewed, a person who reports a crime to Police is quite rightly classed as a " Victim"

As for Police Officers trawling the internet 24/7 is IMO LOB, not enough of them to do their Job on the streets let alone sat in an Office , yes the Internet will be monitored probably by Qualified Civilian Staff how many Police Officers are adept or experts in using and interrogating Computers ? Not a lot IMO.

The Police are inundated with allegations of crimes on the Internet as it is they cannot deal with them all, as well as deal with actual Criminal Offences on the streets 24/7 Robberies Burglaries etc etc

When it comes to Police Stations the days when they were open 24/7 and manned 24/7 are gone the front desk may be open from 10am to 6pm during the week and a few hours at the weekend, if you went in to report something in the past you would speak to an Officer on the desk, today more than likely a Civilian.

If its an Emergency you ring 999 as usual your call will probably be handled by a Civilian, if you ring 101 to report a crime again probably a Civilian will log your complaint

Crime Desks at your local Police Station over 20 years ago when I was still serving would be manned mainly by Civilians with a Detective Sargent to delegate them to either Beat Crimes Officers to investigate for lower level of Crime, or the CID for more serious Crimes.

We don't do 'anonymised' justice in Great Britain.

If you are charged with a crime, you have the right to have your accuser make the accusations to your face.

But there will be no court hearing. There is just an entry on a police national computer that you will never be allowed to see, or challenge

I note you choose not to make a comment regarding the fact that the police refused to identify what it was that this mystery accuser objected to.

Do you find THAT acceptable ? That the police are not required to tell you what it is that THEY think you have done to commit a non crime ?

I fucking dont

If you are suspected of a crime you will be interviewed being told by Police what they have been told by an alleged victim and their identity if charged and suspected of committing that crime you will be face to face with the alleged victim in Court and not before, your defence will challenge them on your behalf who will have access to the victim or victims statements, if you represent yourself you can question them personally.

You have no right to face your accuser before that and never have had that right

In this case about a suspected Offence on Line, Essex Police at first refused to investigate the alleged offence but for some reason they changed their mind why I have no idea , do you know why with any degree of accuracy ? we could all guess and more than likely be wrong.

The Journalist who is suspected of committing this alleged crime , was asked by Essex Police to attend the Police Station on a voluntary basis with a Legal Representative to be interviewed which is common practice, that would give her a chance to give her side of things, will she do that ? her decision to make, at this moment in time has chosen to go Public       

As for all alleged Crimes reported yes in this day and age they are reordered on the Police Data bases which is a huge database the recording of alleged criminal offences is only part of the system from minor to major Crimes in the old days in large hand written Legers for different offences, which were kept for years and years.

Having them on Computers means very quick to retrieve should they need to especially if new evidence comes to light years later for serious offences, they never close such investigations unless a person has been caught and convicted at the time, even then not deleted archived   


  

If it is a non-crime then there will be no day in court, does the accuser always remain anonymous in that instance. Which seems unjust.

My interpretation was that 'The Stasi' were probably disputing the context in which Pearson claimed the words had been said to her. And I could accept that she might have got the wrong end of the stick on that as she was stood in her dressing gown at 9.40am, still shocked at having a couple of Coppers in her kitchen when she wanted to get ready to attend the Memorial Service that morning. However a categorical denial by the Police of even using the words certainly ups the ante, and a professional journalist shouldn't get things wrong to that extent. One or other will emerge with egg on their face if this 'The words never passed our lips' accusation is evidently true or evidently false.