IMO, its simply a slap in the face to any PO/CPL on the grind.. who cares if they are your friend, they can earn the role. Its hard enough having a shit ton of lethals on the server at a time already. That said, if a Sr. APD member doesn't like interacting with the lower ranks and hides in channels, they should probably not be Sr. APD. How could you possibly lead a faction that you refuse to mingle with? IMO, Sr. APD or not, you should be required to play in game channel unless you are undercover.... hiding in interrogation rooms is just cringe...
I wouldn't discount the dev work done, but using that as an excuse to think you are more important than anyone else is preeeety shitty... anyone who waves their dick around about 'how important they are' for a damn game server should probably re-evaluate their life.. eventually you will need to touch grass and no one will give a shit about that cool thing you made for a video game once.. so instead of being a self important douche, why don't you, as a staff member/dev, think of the good of the server. just saying...