The scenarios include a sergeant at a beer party who discusses department policy with his subordinates, a sergeant who refuses to explain an unrequested transfer to an officer and pulls rank to carry out his order, and a sergeant who offers no guidance to a patrol officer who requests help in handling a traffic accident involving a drunk commissioner. The other scenarios concern two patrol officers who, attempting to handle a quarrel between a couple in a parking lot, are interrupted by a sergeant conducting a field observation of their activities and a sergeant who reverses an officer's arrest decision involving a drunken woman driver. The final scenario concerns officers' adherence to basic patrol procedures, the use of deadly force, and the supervisor's role in managing an officer's postshooting trauma. A leader's guide accompanies the film.