[CA] Cop-son's dv = Dep. Police Chief Tacchini demotion

FEBRUARY 07, 2008
SAN FRANCISCO - ABC7 NEWS HAS LEARNED TONIGHT THAT A SAN FRANCISCO DEPUTY POLICE CHIEF WAS DEMOTED ON THURSDAY -- JUST THREE WEEKS AFTER A DOMESTIC ABUSE INVESTIGATION INVOLVING HIS ROOKIE OFFICER SON. STEPHEN TACCHINI WAS APPOINTED DEPUTY CHIEF OF FIELD OPERATIONS LESS THAN A MONTH AGO AS PART OF A SWEEPING CHANGE CHIEF HEATHER FONG MADE IN HER COMMAND STAFF... TACCHINI'S DEMOTION COMES THREE WEEKS AFTER HIS SON, 23-YEAR-OLD ROOKIE OFFICER JAMES TACCHINI, WAS QUESTIONED BY POLICE INVESTIGATING A 911 DOMESTIC VIOLENCE CALL. POLICE RESPONDED TO AN APARTMENT ON THE 300 BLOCK OF KING STREET WHERE THEY INTERVIEWED BOTH TACCHINI AND HIS FEMALE FRIEND. A LIEUTENANT AFTER BEING BRIEFED AT THE SCENE REPORTEDLY CALLED TACCHINI'S FATHER, AND A POLICE REPORT WAS NEVER FILED, ALTHOUGH WITNESS STATEMENTS WERE TAKEN. TACCHINI HAS COME UNDER SCRUTINY BECAUSE OF THE POSSIBILITY THAT HE MAY HAVE HAD SOMETHING TO DO WITH THE HANDLING OF THE INCIDENT... THE HEAD OF THE POLICE OFFICERS UNION [GARY DELAGNES] SAYS THAT CALL TO DEPUTY CHIEF TACCHINI SHOULD NEVER HAVE BEEN MADE... TACCHINI, WHO'S ON A TWO-WEEK LEAVE, DECLINED TO COMMENT... HIS DEMOTION MEANS A SALARY CUT FROM $220,000 DOLLARS TO $163,000 A YEAR.

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