Overview
- City records show an Oct. 21 notice ordered the station’s rooms not be used for sleeping until permits, inspections, and required emergency-escape windows are in place.
- San Mateo County Board President Dave Canepa and Millbrae leaders have pressed for inquiries, with board deliberations growing tense as officials debated lodging and policy issues.
- Public records and media reports indicate Chief Eamonn Allen bought a home in Meridian, Idaho, and reportedly slept at the station on workdays while traveling to Idaho on days off.
- Millbrae released photos of makeshift rooms with mattresses and no windows and noted a bottle of alcohol on a shelf, citing ethics rules against using city property for personal convenience and policies prohibiting alcohol at work.
- The sheriff’s office lacks a rule barring out-of-state residency but requires employees to report primary addresses, while local officials raised concerns about response readiness for personnel living hundreds of miles away.