Someone Under the Bus?

Thanks to a couple of readers, we've gotten copies of the following, all dated 17 June:

• BOP #10-0001.2 - Detail of Captains
• BOP #10-0001.3 - Detail of Personnel - Administrative Captains and Lieutenants
• BOP #10-161 - District Watch Commander Assignments

And now comes word from J-Fled via a PAX 501 sent through Department-wide e-mail on 18 June:

• The documentation that was previously distributed through the Bureau of Patrol regarding the distribution of Captains and the detail of Administrative Captains and Lieutenants was inaccurate and published without formal approval. For this, I apologize.

If the BOP letters were distributed without approval, someone in Patrol just stepped in a pile of shit hip deep and we're about to see some dumps, demotions, maybe resignations. If the PAX 501 is the verification of the BOP letters, we're going to see a bunch of Captain retirements and more Lieutenant movement than has happened in the past five years combined.

Does anyone know the real story? What's valid and what isn't? Who's making what power play?