Can a report be privileged if it is made solely to the police?

True, Fenelon v. Superior Court (1990) 223 Cal.App.3d 1476, 273 Cal.Rptr. 367 states a contrary rule as to reports made "solely" to the police. There, the plaintiff alleged that the defendants induced a third party to inform "police and other nonofficial persons" that the plaintiff had solicited the murder of one of the defendants. In a published opinion denying a writ petition after the defendants' demurrer was overruled, the majority held that "where the report is made solely to the police and not in a quasi-judicial context, to be privileged the statement must be made without malice." (Id. at p. 1483, 273 Cal.Rptr. 367.)