Then Sherkaner noticed that the sergeant wore medical casts on all his left legs.
Constables and sergeants wear their service number on their uniform.
The sergeant was wearing the star of a master-at-arms, a ship's policeman.
A former sergeant, his chest full of medals, also wore a red, white and blue Indian war bonnet.
The sergeant was wearing white shirtsleeves and shorts, regulation black tie in a tiny knot.
He had noticed that the sergeant still wore his People's Army uniform.
The sergeant wore no badge of rank, but there was no doubt of who he was.
A brown-and-green uniform, identical to the one the sergeant wore, hung from hooks on the sides of the locker.
The sergeant was not wearing a bulletproof vest, the sheriff said.
The sergeant was wearing a black jacket, and one of the suspects wore a black shirt, the chief said.