Police Say They Never Use "Psychics" To Help Solve Crimes.

Many psychics claim that they have assisted police in solving crimes. They have even gone so far as to say that the police departments call them to request their help.

Here is what some major police departments have said about the use of psychics;

Inspector Edward Ellidon of the U.K's Scotland Yard stated that:
1. Scotland Yard never approach psychics for information.
2. There is no official police psychics in England.
3. The yard does not endorse psychics in any way.
4. There is no recorded instance in England of any psychic solving a criminal case or providing evidence or information that led directly to its solution.

And now to the Los Angeles police dept. where according to Dan Cooke, head of the public relations for the department. "The LAPD has not, does not and will not use psychics in the investigation of crimes, period, if a psychic offers free information to us over the phone, we will listen to them politely, but we do not take them seriously. It is a waste of time."

And to the LAPD's credit they have even done a study to determine if psychics could help in solving crimes.

This study was done by Martin Reiser, director of Behavioral Sciences Services for the Los Angeles police, Susan Saxe, police staff psychologist, and Detective Philip Sartuche, Robbery-Homicide Division, it stated that:

"Contrary to some statements, the LAPD has not employed psychics in criminal investigations. The same situation appears to be true for most police departments contacted. In several well-publicized major cases where individuals who claimed psychic powers volunteered information to the department about the crime, the information has not proven useful to the investigation.

The study also concluded, "Since the psychic group produced approximately 10 times as much information as either of the two comparison groups, it is more likely by chance alone that their data would produce more "hits."

Despite this statistical advantage, the psychics were unable to produce information that was significantly better than the two comparison groups.

It is important to note that no information that would have been investigatively useful, such as first and last names, license plate numbers, apartment house locations, etc., was accurately produced by any of the subjects.

Statistically, the data fit a pattern that could be expected by chance."

Another part of Dr. Reiser's experiments involved weapons that were used in homicide cases.

These were mixed in with other weapons that were not used in crimes to be used as controls, and it was found that the "psychics were unable to tell the difference.