A Viscious Circle

Why do most detectives and investigators start to sweat it when you mention you used your innate human psychic ability to provide them with new leads to the evidence?
It is not because they don’t believe you. Detectives and investigators like to see FACTs. And the FACT is that you come up with information you could not have obtained by any normal means of investigation with any of your normal five senses. And FACT is a FACT whether you like it or not.
But...even if the information is valuable they have to be very careful what they write in their report!

If they state that the information was presented to them by a psychic it could be causing trouble when the case goes to court. A psychic could be considered a questionable source with mixed results. And depending on the public opinion a psychic can be a helpful person or an entertaining carnival trick.
It is true, a psychic, medium or any other intuitive can not be a 100% right all the time. We are all human, we all make mistakes. In case of Psi it is usually the interpretation of the perceived that causes mistakes. But...a Fact is a Fact!

Another Fact is that due to a lot of negative publicity related to the word ‘Psychic’ simply entertaining, psychic parties and psychics who are misusing other peoples trust in their skills by taking advantage of the desperation of people. The word is now associated with negativity and deception. It is sad, really very sad that it has come this far.

I believe there should be a code of conduct for psychics, mediums, clairvoyants and counsellors. So that an ethical standard will be set and up held by those who practice this as a profession. For one there should be a rule that prevents the families of missing people from extortion by ‘so called psychics’.

It is truly shocking to hear that psychics have said to parents of a missing child...”If you pay me so many dollars...I will tell you where she is!” That is emotional torture and financial extortion! And that is simply disgusting! Those people should be punished!

A psychic should not approach a grieving family unless the family specifically asks for help. A psychic should not ask for payment in providing clues in criminal cases. It is every civilian’s duty to provide the police with any information they may have on a crime committed.

I believe that psychics, mediums and clairvoyants should volunteer to be tested so they can provide their clients with independent test results that give a fair and reasonable indication of accuracy.
Some people base important decisions on the advice of a psychic or medium, I think they should at least be given an indication on the average accuracy and the strong and weak points of the individual.

But like anything that has been largely ignored by today’s society, there will be no attention paid to this large group of people who practice as a psychic / medium and visit psychics and mediums on a regular basis. If it doesn’t exist officially, then we do not have to do anything about it. Stick our heads in the sand and we do not have a problem!

We do not want to use the word Psychic, because it leaves a bad taste in the mouth and you could be ridiculed in public. Still over 25% of the population have consulted a psychic or a medium. Police forces and intelligence agencies use and have used people’s psychic talents. Yet we seldom hear about it in public. Even they are aware of the fact that they have to be careful with the public opinion.
Would it hold up in a court of law if you said that the lead to the information was psychic or intuitive? The cross examiner will likely throw all the mud there is at the psychic or intuitive and what do you do?

It reminds me of the series Medium, where Alison DuBois has been subpoenaed to appear in court and she is advised NOT to tell how she knew where the murder weapon was, because the search warrant could not be granted on the bases of a dream, Devalos had to be creative. Her statement would be she received an anonymous tip. If she was to tell the truth, he’d loose his job and she would be ridiculed in court. If she was to lie, she would commit a crime of perjury. How sad is that! The truth cannot be told, because of public opinion.

In the series Alison used her talent to defend herself, by letting the cross examiner know she knew all about the ‘crimes’ he committed and she was going to expose him, if he would expose her. He suddenly had no further questions.
It is still where we stand today and it seems nothing much will change overnight.

I am very grateful for people like Alison, who show the public, that being psychic or a medium can put you in an awkward position. That there really is no law or procedure for these things! Of course you cannot just get a warrant on the bases of someone’s dream, there has to be good reason for it.

And I believe if someone has provided the authorities with pretty accurate information for so long, it should be seriously considered to be a valid request. Unfortunately since there is not to be any official record of her psychic talents, it cannot be checked.

Again we are back at the beginning of a vicious circle.
It is all hush, hush and the truth stays behind doors.