While I, to some degree, might sympathize with the police chief, ultimately the responsibility is hers. She has a DUTY to refuse orders from these officials if it puts people and property at risk by violators of the law. She did not do that.
This is the same old BS of just following orders. Her complaints *after* she followed these orders which she should have ignored, are worthless, just an excuse for her lack of ethics and respect for the law.
If you know it is wrong, say something BEFORE following those orders, not after. Another lying coward.