Chief Zaccaro has 30 years of law enforcement experience and has worked in all phases, including the investigation of all types of cases from minor thefts to multiple victim homicides.

His Oregon experience consists of 14 years as Chief of the North Bend Police Department. While in North Bend he also served for 3 1/2 years as their Director of Public Safety. His duties included the management of the Fire and Emergency Medical functions as well as the Police Department. He is a past Board Member of the Oregon Association of Chiefs of Police and a member of the FBI National Academy Associates, having attended the FBI Academy in the spring of 1982. He retired from the Navy with 30 years of service at the end of 2002.

The Chief is married and has two sons; one is currently serving in the US Navy and the other in the US Marine Corps.