Can a statement by a police officer be admitted as evidence?

In our opinion the statement was nevertheless admissible. The police officer’s evidence was admitted for the limited purpose of proving that the statement was made. The police officer was under a duty to record what the appellant said to him regarding the domestic assault. Although the police officer could not remember taking this statement, he testified as to his usual practice. The statement appears to fall within the exception in Ares v. Venner, 1970 CanLII 5 (SCC), [1970] S.C.R. 608 as being a recording within the recorder’s normal scope of duty. In any event, the statement was not that of the police officer but of the appellant. The appellant signed each page of the statement and the purpose of her doing so was to confirm the accuracy of what was recorded. The trial judge did not err in admitting the statement.