Initially I thought the contrapositive would apply to Officer Penn, but eventually I realized that trying to apply the contrapositive would confuse sufficiency for necessity. If we know Officer Penn is should not receive commendation, we can validly conclude either that he did not save someone's life or go beyond reasonable expectations, but we cannot use the failure to achieve one of these to validly conclude he should not receive the award.
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Initially I thought the contrapositive would apply to Officer Penn, but eventually I realized that trying to apply the contrapositive would confuse sufficiency for necessity. If we know Officer Penn is should not receive commendation, we can validly conclude either that he did not save someone's life or go beyond reasonable expectations, but we cannot use the failure to achieve one of these to validly conclude he should not receive the award.