"Psychic detectives"
http://www.skepdic.com/psychdet.html
http://www.randi.org/vbulletin/showthread.php?s=7baa8b84e712f17c6d124da90f8af2e3&threadid=3462
"I read the piece....she claims she gave evidence to the police 3 weeks before they caught the person....
Also, from what i could gather, she also makes a claim insinuating that the police use some kind of remote viewers to find missing children...
What normally happens is the medium / psychic approaches the police...they listen, because they will interview anyone who has deliberately taken an interest in the case...then send them on their way....
The medium then tells everyone that she is helping the police...people check and of course the medium has been there.
The medium then reads every bit of information about the case...makes one of two educated guesses..(which we all have done in similar situations) then tells their friends these guesses.
The friends, as it occurs in cold readings, associate the guesses as hits...no matter how incorrect or far off the actual facts they are.
They do this because they want to please.
The only time it is seen for what it is ...is when the medium publicly discloses the story.
The Police distance theirselves from any kind of association with the paranormal.
It wouldnt make good evidence..would it.
The nearest this women got to helping the police was when she was thrown out of the police station for being "Yet another fruitcake coming out of the woodwork". "