Dictionary.com defines “chain of command” thus:
Noun: a series of administrative or military ranks, positions, etc., in which each has direct authority over the one immediately below.
We’ve just found peak DEI. Dictionary.com doesn’t do pictures, but when you look in the dictionary under “DEI hire,” you find the photograph of DC Police Chief Pamela Smith. She obviously checks all the boxes.

Graphic: TikTok post
“Can you tell us what the chain of command is now?” a reporter was heard asking Smith during a press conference Tuesday morning.
“What does that mean?” the police chief responded.
Yes, for sure!!!