MILLBRAE, Calif. -- The president of the San Mateo County Board of Supervisors is calling for an independent investigation after a formal complaint that a police chief is allegedly living at the station during workdays -- and commuting to Idaho when he's off. That raises important issues of public safety and the proper use of tax dollars.

When fire inspectors went through the Millbrae police station this week, they found more than they expected.

You may have seen Eamonn Allen before. He was the spokesperson for the San Mateo County Sheriff's Office until Christina Corpus made him Millbrae police chief; the city contracts with the sheriff's office for law enforcement services. Then, in June of last year, property records confirm that Allen bought a house outside Boise, Idaho. The chief's

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