The Fifth and Fourteenth Amendments of the U.S. Constitution agrees due process as the Fifth “has an explicit requirement that the federal government not deprive any individual of life, liberty, or property without the due process of law” and the Fourteenth “explicitly prohibits states from violating an individual’s rights of due process and equal protection” (Overholt et al, 2008, par. 2). These due process protections require that an officer have a fair process before they disciplined or fired if the act is related to officer’s liberty or property interest (Overholt et al, 2008). A property interest is where a police officer expects to continue his job under rules established by “a collective-bargaining agreement that requires
