That mentality comes from a vindictiveness or a "taste of your own medicine" attitude. Fact is, lieutenants and sergeants have two distinctively different roles in the organization. A patrol sergeant is more likely to actually be mobile for reasons of patrol (although less than half the amount of a patrol officer). A lieutenant has almost exclusively administrative duties. There is no real reason for a lieutenant to be in a marked car. Patrol cars are marked for a reason. If your primary responsibilities