Ch. 3-1 Police officers are the main government agents that are accountable for implementing the law. However, “the police are also accountable to the rule of law, and the law acts as a mechanism to control and guide police behavior. (Roy Roberg, 2015)” Police officers are accountable to the rule of law, by providing public safely in ways that include following procedures. These procedures include rules that the “government must abide by to ensure that certain rights enjoyed by the public are not violated and ensures fairness in the processing of people accused of crimes. (Roy Roberg, 2015)” The procedures are instated to enforce our rights against police officers, so that an officer can’t search you without reasonable suspicion and probable
