Comments on: Police Sent On Hypnosis Courses – I Am Ranting About This Move! http://www.adam-eason.com/2009/12/18/police-sent-on-hypnosis-courses-i-am-ranting-about-this-move/ Hypnosis & Personal Development Website and Resource Centre. Author, Consultant, Hypnotherapist, Trainer and much more... Sat, 11 Feb 2012 09:49:18 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: admin http://www.adam-eason.com/2009/12/18/police-sent-on-hypnosis-courses-i-am-ranting-about-this-move/comment-page-1/#comment-676 admin Wed, 02 Jun 2010 07:20:06 +0000 http://www.adam-eason.com/?p=1824#comment-676 Thank you for those references karen, they are very much appreciated. Though I would note, my issue with this story is nothing to do with the Police using hypnosis. In fact I have written in great depth here on many occasions highlighting the lack of efficacy in hypnosis being used for eyewitness testimony, for example. It was simply that if someone such as a police force were looking for training of a certain ilk, then perhaps they should/could consider looking elsewhere for something with a bit more congruency. What's more, if there was no sense of media misrepresentation, then we'd not get to discuss this subject with as much fervour, would we? ;-) Thank you for those references karen, they are very much appreciated.

Though I would note, my issue with this story is nothing to do with the Police using hypnosis. In fact I have written in great depth here on many occasions highlighting the lack of efficacy in hypnosis being used for eyewitness testimony, for example.

It was simply that if someone such as a police force were looking for training of a certain ilk, then perhaps they should/could consider looking elsewhere for something with a bit more congruency.

What’s more, if there was no sense of media misrepresentation, then we’d not get to discuss this subject with as much fervour, would we? ;-)

]]> By: Karen A http://www.adam-eason.com/2009/12/18/police-sent-on-hypnosis-courses-i-am-ranting-about-this-move/comment-page-1/#comment-675 Karen A Tue, 01 Jun 2010 16:07:04 +0000 http://www.adam-eason.com/?p=1824#comment-675 I'm always a big fan of checking up on stories that press my buttons - I've seen how even a small local paper can take a situation and change it out of all recognition, and my experience is that it's a good idea to check with the source. I can't tell you how many times I've taken a few minutes to email someone about a story doing the rounds, only to discover that they're baffled that anyone could have come up with such a tale (no, the council didn't ban the St George's flag from its buildings; no, the St George's day parade was never a council organised parade that got banned because of "political correctness"; no, the HSE never made councils put all gravestones flat for fear of them falling... the list goes on). In this case, I did a quick Google. After all this time, there was still an official statement from Cheshire police saying that this story is a total misrepresentation. Took me under 2 minutes :) http://www.chesterchronicle.co.uk/chester-news/local-chester-news/2010/01/07/cheshire-constabulary-deny-using-hypnosis-during-criminal-investigations-59067-25541790/ "Spokeswoman Shelley Williams said: “Cheshire Constabulary does not utilise any form of hypnosis techniques with individuals as part of a criminal investigation, or invest in any form of hypnosis training for officers. “The views expressed in the Police Review magazine are the personal views of PC Mark Hughes and not the views of the Cheshire Constabulary. “Furthermore, the costs of the training is not funded by Cheshire Constabulary.”" I’m always a big fan of checking up on stories that press my buttons – I’ve seen how even a small local paper can take a situation and change it out of all recognition, and my experience is that it’s a good idea to check with the source. I can’t tell you how many times I’ve taken a few minutes to email someone about a story doing the rounds, only to discover that they’re baffled that anyone could have come up with such a tale (no, the council didn’t ban the St George’s flag from its buildings; no, the St George’s day parade was never a council organised parade that got banned because of “political correctness”; no, the HSE never made councils put all gravestones flat for fear of them falling… the list goes on).

In this case, I did a quick Google. After all this time, there was still an official statement from Cheshire police saying that this story is a total misrepresentation. Took me under 2 minutes :)

http://www.chesterchronicle.co.uk/chester-news/local-chester-news/2010/01/07/cheshire-constabulary-deny-using-hypnosis-during-criminal-investigations-59067-25541790/

“Spokeswoman Shelley Williams said: “Cheshire Constabulary does not utilise any form of hypnosis techniques with individuals as part of a criminal investigation, or invest in any form of hypnosis training for officers.

“The views expressed in the Police Review magazine are the personal views of PC Mark Hughes and not the views of the Cheshire Constabulary.

“Furthermore, the costs of the training is not funded by Cheshire Constabulary.””

]]> By: admin http://www.adam-eason.com/2009/12/18/police-sent-on-hypnosis-courses-i-am-ranting-about-this-move/comment-page-1/#comment-674 admin Tue, 22 Dec 2009 13:28:38 +0000 http://www.adam-eason.com/?p=1824#comment-674 Thank you Donald, I appreciate your contribution :-) (Have a fab festive season my friend) Thank you Donald, I appreciate your contribution :-)

(Have a fab festive season my friend)

]]> By: Donald Warren http://www.adam-eason.com/2009/12/18/police-sent-on-hypnosis-courses-i-am-ranting-about-this-move/comment-page-1/#comment-673 Donald Warren Tue, 22 Dec 2009 08:52:07 +0000 http://www.adam-eason.com/?p=1824#comment-673 Adam, I agree with all of your points. Here in America, Tom Silver is most widely known for his stage and entertainment hypnosis work. He is not known for any sort of academic pursuit or therapeutic hypnosis applications. I simply cannot imagine a police force hiring him. To me, this is comparable to the police force in, let's say Richmond, Virginia, hiring Ken Webster from Blackpool to come and do training in forensic hypnosis with its officers. Ken Webster is a great stage hypnotist because he has stage presence and can play the comedian, but I am sure even he would admit that he is not qualified to teach anything about forensic hypnosis. What a shame that this is the path they selected. I have many hypnotherapist friends in the UK that I correspond with regularly, and so many of them would have been glad to have this opportunity to work with their own local police forces. It's just a real shame. Adam, I agree with all of your points. Here in America, Tom Silver is most widely known for his stage and entertainment hypnosis work. He is not known for any sort of academic pursuit or therapeutic hypnosis applications. I simply cannot imagine a police force hiring him.

To me, this is comparable to the police force in, let’s say Richmond, Virginia, hiring Ken Webster from Blackpool to come and do training in forensic hypnosis with its officers. Ken Webster is a great stage hypnotist because he has stage presence and can play the comedian, but I am sure even he would admit that he is not qualified to teach anything about forensic hypnosis.

What a shame that this is the path they selected. I have many hypnotherapist friends in the UK that I correspond with regularly, and so many of them would have been glad to have this opportunity to work with their own local police forces. It’s just a real shame.

]]> By: admin http://www.adam-eason.com/2009/12/18/police-sent-on-hypnosis-courses-i-am-ranting-about-this-move/comment-page-1/#comment-672 admin Mon, 21 Dec 2009 07:18:33 +0000 http://www.adam-eason.com/?p=1824#comment-672 Thank you Brian, good to hear from you. Thank you Brian, good to hear from you.

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