DidUHearThat? 10+ year member
Precious Bodily Fluids
It's the cops job to take statements from witneses. That is not hearsay, that's a direct witness. Confirmend by the cop seeing big subs in the car and OP's self incriminating statements = More than enough to issue a citation and convict.Definition of hearsay:
Evidence based on the reports of others rather than the personal knowledge of a witness and therefore generally not admissible as testimony.
Just because cops do it doesn't mean it's okay.
If the rentacop said someone told him they heard bumping, that's hearsay. If the rentacop said to the cop " I heard him bumping" that's a witness statement, not hearsay.