A police officer comes to scene of an alleged crime. The witnesses/victims of the alleged crime state their knowledge of the events, rather the the police officer him or herself. The police officer records the testimony of the witnesses and places the testimony into a police report. Can this...
I'm thinking on the high school level.
examples:
a rumor goes around the school saying 16 Jim has a nughty picture of his 16 year old girlfriend. No picture is seen, but the school cop is overheard it.
or
another rumor goes around saying Mary is doing herione. No one has said they have seen...
It's funny how some people swear in on a holy book, yet turn around and say that hear-say is not proof of a crime...but proof of a religions validity??