I believe the important part of your answer--I think it's necessary to remind people who are watching this, so that they know exactly what you were referring to--is that it could be in the newspaper, but if the impression is that the police didn't do something about it, it's because they actually did do a threat assessment on the information, or an assessment as to its criminality, and made a determination that in this particular case, and we're talking hypothetically, there would be insufficient grounds to begin an investigation, and that, at the same time, having regard for the individual you may be investigating, the investigation itself could be construed in some quarters as a sign of something having been done wrong.
Would I be correct?