Constitutional Policing Police must obey the law in their effort to control crime. Legal restrictions may hurt the efficiency of police but by obeying the law police gain social legitimacy. When a police officer violates the law they jeopardize the rights of the accused and the rights of the innocent. The Fourth Amendment of the Constitution states:The right of the people to be secure in their persons houses papers and effects against unreasonable search and seizures shall not be violated and no warrants shall issue but upon probable cause supported by oath or affirmation and particularly describing the place to be searched and the persons or things seized.Read Weeks v. United States Silverthorne Lumber Company Inc. Et Al. v. United States and Mapp v. Ohio. For each court case address the following: