What the f..k

Well it was an exciting night. Started off like a routine day on the road but then over the radio came the call of 2 suspects wanted in a homicide driving a burgundy pickup being chased by approximately 10 police cars from other agencies.......... and they were heading for our city! One minute you are looking at your watch to see how much time is left in your tour and then in a split second every hair on your neck stands up and the adrenaline starts flowing. Time to get off the bench and get your ass in the game. As we prepared to take up positions along the highway and help in the pursuit suddenly shots fired from the perps car at the cops. Now its definitely on. The perps then decided to make a u turn and get back on the highway. Many of our units were getting in the pursuit as well when all of a sudden we hear over our radio that the boss does not want any of our units to leave the city. Did I hear that right....what the fuck was he saying. Two scumbags are suspects in a homicide and are SHOOTING AT THE POLICE and he says do not leave the city. Whatever happened to brothers in blue? If I was being shot at and was driving through another town or city I would want every damn cop out there helping out. It doesn't reflect well on our agency in my opinion but I guess that's why I'm not a boss yet. Maybe it was the right decision but every cop I was working with that night didn't think so. Ten minutes later I was looking at my watch again to see how much longer was left. It happens that quick and you are never really expecting it but when it goes down you pray that you will do the right thing. Till the next time....