A lot of controversy has shown up this year on the subject of R/Ses and R/Sers. Therefore, the following bulletin was compiled from my materials to clarify the matter. My research on this was actually done years ago and remains very valid indeed.

An R/S or rock slam is defined as the crazy, irregular left-right slashing motion of the needle on the E-Meter dial. R/Ses repeat left and right slashes unevenly and savagely, faster than the eye easily follows. The needle is frantic. The width of an R/S depends largely on sensitivity setting. It goes from one-fourth inch to whole dial. But it slams back and forth. It is actually quite startling to see one. It is very different from other meter phenomena.

Recently auditors arriving on Flag were found not to know what an R/S was but were calling dirty needles, dirty reads, rocket reads, body motion and even ticks as R/Ses. That comes from never having been trained on what an R/S is and never having seen one. R/Ses are unique in appearance. On the other hand, far more serious is the fact that auditors have many times seen R/Ses, didn’t mark them down and didn’t report them! This is a High Crime as it injures society, the org and the person himself (see HCOB 10 Aug 76R “R/Ses, What They Mean”).

Actually this is quite a serious matter because pcs get labelled as R/Sers and get run on evil purposes connected with this “R/S” that isn’t one. You can really foul up a pc that way.

A meter also sometimes “goes crazy” on an R/Ser. You see it work, then it doesn’t read, etc. While this is rare it does happen. Auditors have changed their meters just to find the new one was also crazy. But the R/S will show up through all this. An inoperational meter does not mean you have an R/Ser — you might have just forgotten to charge it or have faulty leads.

In a normal group of 400, the actual percentage of R/Sers is low. It’s about 8 in 400, or 2-2½%. Those figures should seem familiar. They are the same percentage for SPs. And that gives you a clue to the identification of an R/Ser.

Where requirements for Scn or SO orgs have been established for R/Ses they apply to the 2-2½% of real R/Sers as these are high risks for staff purposes.

These people can of course be salvaged as pcs using Expanded Dianetics. Letting them on staff could be disastrous, however.

A handled R/Ser can be expected to eventually wind up in the same category as a cleared cannibal. His experiential track is too educated in evil and too uneducated in anything else. So even when cleaned up will need a lot of living.

R/Sers are also very expensive people to keep around. They waste the available resources and produce overt products. They cost a fortune in waste, repairs, lost business. They also cost a heartbreaking number of damaged people.

To assist you in the identification of R/Sers a checklist of characteristics and their reference has been done.

This checklist is to be used whenever a C/S is called upon to inspect a folder to determine whether a person is an R/Ser. That he R/Ses is the main thing. The other points simply help investigate whether he R/Ses. He doesn’t have to have all these characteristics to be an R/Ser.

1. The R/Ses reported are actual R/Ses and not some other read or broken meter leads, a dusty or worn TA or trim “pot,” or cans in contact with metal such as rings, bracelets, etc. ____________

Ref: E-Meter Essentials; Book of E-Meter Drills; The Book Introducing the E-Meter; HCOB 8 Nov 62 “Somatics, How to Tell Terminals and Opposition Terminals” pg 2 and 4; HCOB 6 Dec 62 “R2-10, R2-12, 3GAXX”; BTB 14 Jan 63 “Rings Causing Rock Slams”; HCOB “False TA Series” 24 Oct 71R, 12 Nov 71RA, 15 Feb 72R, 18 Feb 72R, 21 Jan 77R, 23 Nov 73RA.

2. R/Ses have to do with evil thoughts, overts or intentions. ____________

3. Pc is slow or no case gain. ____________

3A. Pc is in a chronically nattery or critical state. ____________

Ref: HCOB 23 Nov 62 “Routine Two-Twelve”;… HCOB 6 Dec 62 “R2-10, R2-12, 3GAXX”; HCOB 28 Nov 70 C/S Series 22 “Psychosis”; BPL 31 May 71RG “PTS/SP Detection, Routing & Handling Checksheet” and materials. ____________

4. Pc chronically ill or who acts most “PTS.” This can be suppressed and hidden from view, however. ____________

Ref: HCO PL 15 Nov 70R “HCO and Confessionals”; HCOB 28 Nov 70 C/S Series 22 “Psychosis”; PTS/SP Pack.

4A. He covers up his crimes with lots of PR. ____________

5. Pc’s product is consistently an overt act and his activities destructive to others whether they have spotted this or not. ____________

Ref: HCO PL 14 Nov 70 Org Series 14 “The Product as an Overt Act”; PTS/SP Pack; HCO Manual of Justice.

6. Pc’s behavior or condition or OCA classifies as psychotic. ____________

Ref: HCOB Ex Dn Series and tapes; HCOB 28 Nov 70.

7. The people near him get in trouble. ____________

Where some of the answers to this checklist are yes you can be certain an R/S will be found in auditing. HCO handles and Qual programs them for rehabilitation.

There are, for our purposes, two kinds of R/Sers. (a) Those who R/S on subjects not connected with Scn and (b) Those who R/S on subjects connected to Scientology. The latter is a “List One R/Ser” and it is of great importance to us that they be located and moved off lines when they are part of staffs as their intent is solely to destroy us whatever else they say: their long run actions will prove it.

The definition of a List One R/Ser is anyone who has R/Sed on List One. If that is confirmed fully, that’s it. Not all points on the checklist have to be present. The full list of Scientology List One items can be found in HCOB 24 Nov AD 12 “Routine 2-12 List One — Issue One, the Scientology List.”

Where there is any doubt as to the validity of a List One R/S, a verification should be done. The procedure is to vigorously Sec Check the pc on the subject of the reported List One R/S. This Sec Check must be done by an auditor who knows R/Ses and can make lists read and pull W/Hs connected with R/S.

Pcs who R/S are given Ex Dn. This does not change even though the pc is not an R/Ser. See HCOB C/S Series 93 and HCOB 10 Aug 76R “R/Ses, What They Mean.”

Where a pc R/Ses he will have evil purposes and be on a succumb as a result. R/Ses indicate an area of psychosis which will ruin the pc’s life if allowed to go unhandled.

This HCOB in no way changes Ex Dn as a requirement for R/Ses or makes it OK not to handle them.

Staff concerned must be able to identify an R/Ser which is different from someone with an R/S.