Her terms of reference were, in fact, written to include the lie so that the penalty could be " harsher" . It is interesting to me that, in that context, the sergeant — the superior, the man — gets docked 10 days' pay and given a slap on the wrist, and the woman is treated much more harshly and, in fact, loses her job.
Je trouve étrange que, dans ce contexte, le sergent, le supérieur, l'homme, perde dix jours de salaire et reçoive une tape sur les doigts, et que la femme soit traitée beaucoup plus sévèrement, au point de perdre son emploi.