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 her do it but they just heard it.
Now if a school cop overheard this but saw no evidence, i.e. a kid saying they have a picture of the girl/ a person saying they saw the girl doing the drug, could he use this as hearsay and establish probable cause even though it appears to be just a high school rumor?
I'm trying to write a paper on this topic in my government class and need some help please. Any one who can give sources would be great!
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 her do it but they just heard it.
Now if a school cop overheard this but saw no evidence, i.e. a kid saying they have a picture of the girl/ a person saying they saw the girl doing the drug, could he use this as hearsay and establish probable cause even though it appears to be just a high school rumor?
I'm trying to write a paper on this topic in my government class and need some help please. Any one who can give sources would be great!