Essex Police have taken another swipe at Allison Pearson, saying her response to their probe into her social media posts was “unethical.”
The 64-year-old Telegraph journalist said that two police officers turned up at her door on Remembrance Sunday to tell her that she was under investigation for a tweet she made in 2023.
Now, she has hit back, claiming that Essex Police said she has been “unethical” to report her experience.
She branded the tit-for-tat situation as “Kafkaesque”, and said it appeared that the two officers themselves were confused.
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Pearson posted on social media: “[Essex Police] say it was ‘unethical’ of me to report my awful experience at the hands of two constables.
“Really? The British people deserve to be informed about the Kafkaesque state of their justice system. Instead of solving frightening crime, police are frightening people.
A spokesman from Essex Police said: “Essex Police cuts crime. There were over 9,000 fewer reported offences in the last year and 20,000 fewer than five years ago.
“Our officers and staff, some of which are military veterans, work 24 hours a day, seven days a week to keep the public safe and investigate crime.
“We police without fear or favour and when a crime is reported, we investigate. That’s what we do and that’s what the people of Essex expect.
“There has been a large amount of false reporting about an ongoing investigation and the force has registered complaints with Ipso.”
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It comes as Home Secretary Yvette Cooper wants to change the requirement for police officers to record non-criminal hate incidents.
It is understood Cooper is considering a new “zero-tolerance” approach, which would see police officers encouraged to record more non-criminal hate incidents.
The move would be a reversal of changes to the laws brought in last year by the Tories, who issued new guidance that ordered the force to stop recording incidents just because someone was offended.
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Reform UK deputy leader and Boston and Skegness MP Richard Tice said: “More disgrace by leaders of Essex Police, over Allison Pearson farce.
“Now they’re whining to Ipso about press criticism, because they want to suppress complaints. Just focus on actual crime: theft, rape, drugs, knives etc not online wet wokery.”
Former Reform Chairman Ben Habib said: “Delighted to see the widespread support for Allison Pearson today. She is a free speech and pro-British warrior. They come for her, they come for us all.”