There are times when rank and title must yield to experience and courage.
A former LAPD colleague once faced a situation in which he was forced to choose between assuming control from a superior or watching that superior imperil the lives of several police officers. The superior had been promoted based on criteria other than her demonstrated prowess in the grittier aspects of police work, and the decisions she had made on the day in question placed my colleague and several subordinate officers in a tactically untenable position.
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