LFPD officer accountability

Watch as Off. Jeremy Doroff does NOT follow his chiefs directions, as seen in the letter below.

7-25-15

Now why would this officer, return the garage sale sign to the perpetrator, when Chief Schirmers letter instructs differently?

  If this is officer discretion, why do they need a chief?   What kind of a chief is Schirmers anyway, allowing rogue officers to skirt his orders?