Action by S, former police sergeant of City, for wrongful termination. The City's defense is that dismissal was justified by S's failure to maintain proper control over officers under his command. To prove that the police chief acted reasonably in firing S, City proffers a report received by the police chief from the State Municipal Practices Board prior to the firing. According to the report, the Board had held hearings on citizen complaints of beatings by City's police officers. The report says, in pertinent part, that after hearing from 15 witnesses the Board found that officers under S's command made a regular practice of administering "street justice" (beatings) to persons suspected of, but not charged with, petty crimes. S objects on the ground that the report is hearsay. The objection should be 

a) Sustained as the report is single hearsay and not within any exception. 

b) Sustained as the report is double hearsay, only half of which is admissible. 

c) Overruled as the report is not offered for a hearsay purpose. 

d) Overruled as the report is multiple hearsay, all of which is admissible as an admission and as a prior consistent statement.

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