# Astoundingly poor judgement: The curious case of psychic police tipster Presley “Rhonda” Gridley **URL:** \ **Category:** Great Debates\ **Created:** [June 14, 2013, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/astoundingly-poor-judgement-the-curious-case-of-psychic-police-tipster-presley-rhonda-gridley/661015 "2013-06-14T19:29:30Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Ibn\_Warraq](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/e19b73/32.png) [@Ibn\_Warraq](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ibn_Warraq)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2013, 11:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/astoundingly-poor-judgement-the-curious-case-of-psychic-police-tipster-presley-rhonda-gridley/661015/41 "2013-07-13T11:58:20Z")
> [@Shodan](#): > > Still can’t see how the police got a search warrant based solely on a call from a psychic. > > Regards, > Shodan Agreed. Who was the judge who signed that warrant? ---
**Author:** ![dropzone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dropzone/32/7515_2.png) [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2013, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/astoundingly-poor-judgement-the-curious-case-of-psychic-police-tipster-presley-rhonda-gridley/661015/42 "2013-07-13T18:45:57Z")
> [@Czarcasm](#): > > Do you have a role in any and/or all of this, or are you just interested in the case? Excellent question, because if **gena\_c** is not involved there is nothing to prevent her from telling us all of the [del]dirt[/del] evidence to which she is privy. ETA, hurriedly: Which we will use with the utmost discretion to form a more complete picture of what went on. Or something like that. ---
**Author:** ![Love\_Rhombus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/love_rhombus/32/10694_2.png) [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2013, 1:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/astoundingly-poor-judgement-the-curious-case-of-psychic-police-tipster-presley-rhonda-gridley/661015/43 "2013-07-15T13:05:02Z")
> [@Simplicio](#): > > Yea, that bothers me to. She told them upfront that she was acting on “visions”. Putting aside whether the police acted appropriately to that information, I don’t think its fair to find her liable for what happened. She doesn’t seem to be a con-artist (there isn’t really any way she could’ve profited out of this) or a lonely attention seeker (she tried to stay anonymous). It seems plausible she really thought she had visions and was trying to help. So far as I can tell, she didn’t lie about the level of evidence she had. You’re kidding, right? Assume that somehow she’s right and there was a mass grave. Think of the celebrity she’d get. Hell, she could get a book deal irregardless. I have to hope that I’d have washed off the blood on my porch before 2 weeks were up, though. Also, why don’t they use real corpses to train the dogs? I’d donate my body when I go. Be a good cause. ---
**Author:** ![bufftabby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/77aa72/32.png) [@bufftabby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bufftabby)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2013, 1:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/astoundingly-poor-judgement-the-curious-case-of-psychic-police-tipster-presley-rhonda-gridley/661015/44 "2013-07-15T13:30:35Z")
> [@Claverhouse](#): > > _Idly wonders how they train cadaver dogs_ There’s a “body farm” in [Knoxville, TN](http://www.aintnowaytogo.com/bodyfarm.htm) with bodies in all manners of decomposition that they use for training humans and dogs alike in various cadaver arts. A friend says you can smell it from the nearby hospital’s parking lot on a breezy summer day. Encouraging, I’m sure. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/astoundingly-poor-judgement-the-curious-case-of-psychic-police-tipster-presley-rhonda-gridley/661015.md?page=2)