A county assessor in Idaho has opened an investigation to determine how Millbrae police Chief Eamonn Allen and his family received a tax break on their Boise-area home last year, amid questions over their eligibility for the subsidy.

Ada County Assessor Rebecca Arnold on Thursday said she is looking into the circumstances surrounding the tax break on the home Allen shares with his partner in Meridian, after reading Bay Area media reports about Allen allegedly spending his work nights sleeping at the San Mateo County Sheriff’s Millbrae station.

Allen and his partner received a homestead exception — which can reduce a property’s taxable value — beginning in 2024, according to Arnold. But she is uncertain how Allen received the tax break, which can ax the taxable value of a house up to $125

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