In March 2008, there were severe riots in Kosovo. This was a complete and utter breakdown of the rule of law, to the extent that one UN police officer was killed and 60 UN police officers were injured in these riots. The situation became so unstable that the UN police Commissioner evacuated all UN personnel from the Mitrovica region, which is approximately the northernmost quarter of Kosovo. The Mitrovica region was in abject chaos. Each non-patrol division of the UN Police in Kosovo was required to keep a standby force, on a call up roster, which could be activated in the event that more manpower was needed in the field. As I was the Director of Personnel and Administration, I was responsible for maintaining the standby roster for the Administrative Pillar. We had a 24 man rotating standby roster. After Mitrovica was evacuated, I received a call from the Deputy Commissioner for Operations. He told me to activate my standby force and to send all 24 of my standby personnel to guard Gate 31. Gate 31 was a border gate with Serbia on the FAR SIDE of the Mitrovica region. Less than one month before, Gate 31 had been attacked by an armed mob and burned to the ground. Because of this, the Deputy Commissioner for Operations wanted this critical border gate guarded. I asked the Deputy Commissioner if my personnel would get a military escort, armored vehicles, long weapons (they all only had pistols), FPU support, or if there was any intelligence as to the current situation in that part of the region. The answer to all these questions was an emphatic NO. All of these resources were currently in use addressing the core of the uprising, which is also why they were reaching out for the Administrative Pillar's support to guard Gate 31. I was to send my people to the far side of a hostile region with no support, no backup, and no intelligence as to the current situation whatsoever. I hung up the phone and activated my call up protocol so that my standby force could be notified to start staging to go to gate 31. I went to my immediate boss, the Deputy Commissioner for Administration, and I told him "I am going with the standby force." To which he replied "You cannot go... You are command level officer... Your places of main headquarters." I tried to make him understand that I NEEDED to go because my people were going into a hostile region with no support whatsoever, and that they would need someone with command authority in case things went bad. I know how the UN works. My people might be getting shot up waiting for someone at headquarters to decide to give them the order to shoot back, or evacuate. If I were there... I would make those decisions. As my superior officer and my direct supervisr in the chain of command, my Deputy Commissioner gave me a direct order and told me emphatically "NO... You may not go." The standby force is outside staging, and is going to leave in 5 minutes. - In this situation... In that moment... What would you do next? Please explain what you would have done, and why you would have done it. Be specific and support your decision