It was like that when I was in the rangers. You'd have the ones that were old hat at everything and they thought the new people were too wet behind the ears to handle anything.
Even after I saved the neck of a local movie star that was out in the woods climbing rocks solo, they still treated me like I didn't know anything.
I think it's just a widespread issue with being younger. No one respects youth until they have a reason to. Hopefully catching a killer on foot qualifies.