MandMaud
I'm sure the word of any "alternative practitioner" (for want of a better term) would never be accepted in court. But when the police have to choose what to put their time and money into, it may help them follow one lead today and leave another for tomorrow.
I don't know of any specific cases, but it's always been said that sometimes a psychic is consulted when they want to know where a body, or a haul, is hidden (for example).
Maybe it depends on the police force, or rather the individual making the decisions? They wouldn't want the tabloid press to get hold of something like that, so we'll probably never find out either way. I find it easier to believe in an individual detective, with a fair amount of personal freedom how s/he approaches each investigation, going to psychics or tarot readers (or praying for guidance, for that matter), than in a whole department making suchlike a matter of policy.
I don't know of any specific cases, but it's always been said that sometimes a psychic is consulted when they want to know where a body, or a haul, is hidden (for example).
Maybe it depends on the police force, or rather the individual making the decisions? They wouldn't want the tabloid press to get hold of something like that, so we'll probably never find out either way. I find it easier to believe in an individual detective, with a fair amount of personal freedom how s/he approaches each investigation, going to psychics or tarot readers (or praying for guidance, for that matter), than in a whole department making suchlike a matter of policy.