The deputy in the car was told by the cheif to back off, then the seargent tells him to belay the cheif's order... and the deputy obeys the seargent after just recieving a counter-order from a superior officer? If you recieve an order from your superior's superior, you are clear to disobey your superior. Although I must add that the deputy and the seargent are in the field and the cheif is not, so the decision on which order to follow ultimately is on the deputy, and he can't be faulted either way having been given conflicting orders from field command and base. Just my opinion. I think the deputy made the right call by obeying field command. This is purely a chain-of-command analysis and disregards diversity factors.