04-20-2019, 12:54 PM
Portland has a uniformed force of about 1000 officers. Rank and assignment are not linked. Rank defines pay range, assignment defines authority. Command may require a person of a certain rank, but that doesn't mean that every person who holds that rank has a command. Lieutenants can be in charge of units that have other lieutenants in it who are in charge of no one. And sergeants assigned to lead task forces can be directing lieutenants who are assigned to the team.
On Grimm, Wu appears to be in charge of dispatching patrol units and crime scene officers and assigning detectives to cases, but that doesn't necessarily mean that he has a higher rank than any of them. Likewise, Nick and Hank are seen directing Wu to do things for them on their cases, but the fact that they're the leads on those cases doesn't mean that they outrank Wu. It's just that their assigned duties make them the leads for different functions. We never learn what ranks Nick and Hank have, but it's entirely plausible that all three of them could be sergeants, or that Wu could be more highly ranked than both of them.
On Grimm, Wu appears to be in charge of dispatching patrol units and crime scene officers and assigning detectives to cases, but that doesn't necessarily mean that he has a higher rank than any of them. Likewise, Nick and Hank are seen directing Wu to do things for them on their cases, but the fact that they're the leads on those cases doesn't mean that they outrank Wu. It's just that their assigned duties make them the leads for different functions. We never learn what ranks Nick and Hank have, but it's entirely plausible that all three of them could be sergeants, or that Wu could be more highly ranked than both of them.