On Thursday, Stephanie Cockrell, a 13-year veteran of the San Diego Police Department, announced her intent to file a lawsuit against the department for sexual harassment, retaliation and discrimination. Stream San Diego News for free, 24/7, wherever you are with NBC 7. “Stephanie discovered that her husband, also an officer, was engaged in an extramarital affair with his subordinate,” Arutunian said. However, Scott Wahl, who is now the San Diego chief of police, overturned that recommendation. The suit claimed Hychko's then-husband, former San Diego police officer Kevin Hychko, was romantically involved with a fellow SDPD officer, Stephanie Audette.