It is important to realize that law enforcement is expected to uphold the law while preserving the constitutional rights of citizens. Law enforcement professionals use a variety of methods to ensure that citizens' rights are not violated. Law enforcement officers serve the community and enforce the law by maintaining the constitutional rights of citizens, utilizing the theory of crime in their practice, and overcoming the everyday issues they face. With this in mind, three particular parts of the Constitution are relevant to law enforcement. Law enforcement ensures that they do not violate citizens' rights by supporting Amendments IV, V and VIII. Amendment IV states that police officers are prohibited from conducting unreasonable searches and seizures or obtaining warrants without probable cause, supported by oath or affirmation. If this right is violated, the case the police officer is trying to prove may be thrown out by the court due to inadmissible evidence. This right not only protects the police from having their case dismissed, but ensures that Americans do not have to live under a dictatorship. Amendment V specifies that police cannot charge an individual twice for the same crime. They can't force people to incriminate themselves. Furthermore, they may not deprive any individual of life, liberty, or property without due process of law. If the police do not read the Miranda warning to a suspect, anything he confesses may be inadmissible in court. Once the Miranda warning is read, the suspect has the option to wait for an attorney before speaking to the police. Amendment VIII states that police may not inflict cruel and unusual punishment on citizens. This protects both, the single... center of the card ......scohost.com.proxy-library.ashford.edu/eds/detail?sid=ca6b41bf-ab50-47b9-9672-d1592dce0585@sessionmgr4002&vid=2&hid= 4208&bdata=JnNpdGU9ZWRzLWxpdmU=Sever, B., Garcia, V ., & Tsiandi, A. (2008). The attention of municipal police departments to crime analysis: essential or impractical?. Police Practice and Research, 9(4), 323-340. Retrieved from http://ehis.ebscohost.com.proxy-library.ashford.edu/eds/detail?sid=9f0482bd-c004-4df3-8f4e-cb14d188299d@sessionmgr112&vid=2&hid=4205&bdata=JnNpdGU9ZWRzLWxpdmU=Warner, B., Beck , E., & Ohmer, M. (2010). Linking informal social control and restorative justice: Moving social disorganization theory beyond community policing. Contemporary Justice Review, 13(4), 355-369. Retrieved from http://ehis.ebscohost.com.proxy-library.ashford.edu/eds/detail?sid=13a0bcf4-70e6-4f39-9178-60fbefc5507f@sessionmgr113&vid=2&hid=4205&bdata=JnNpdGU9ZWRzLWxpdmU=