An assistant chief at the Dallas Police Department has filed an Equal Employment Opportunity Commission complaint against the interim police chief, alleging he spoke to her in a derogatory manner in front of male officers, her attorney said Tuesday.
    Assistant Chief Dora Saucedo-Falls, 47, filed the complaint against Chief Randy Hampton a few days before Christmas, according to Doug Larson, a lawyer representing her.
   "Chief Hampton has been referring to her in a derogatory way that no woman would want to be referred to," Mr. Larson said.
. . .  Mr. Larson said this was not the first time Chief Hampton had spoken to his client in such a manner. He said that during the staff meeting, Chief Hampton chastised his client over an evaluation she had written about a subordinate and wanted her to destroy it. He said she told Chief Hampton that she could not, because doing so would violate open-records laws.
. . .  City Manager Ted Benavides chose Chief Hampton from among the four assistant chiefs to temporarily replace Terrell Bolton, who was fired in late August. A search for a new chief is under way.
. . .  Mr. Bolton elevated Ms. Saucedo-Falls from deputy chief to the rank of assistant chief in October 1999, at the same time that he demoted some commanders and promoted others.
   Chief Hampton has said he will announce in January whether he plans to apply for the police chief's post.
Staff writer Jason Trahan contributed to this report.

Jesse Diaz, president of a local chapter of the League of United Latin American Citizens, filed Monday to run against John Wiley Price for Dallas County commissioner in District 3.
. . .  "In the community I hear that we don't have a voice with John Wiley Price," the Pleasant Grove real estate broker said. "If you ask an Anglo or Hispanic person, he'll say what has he done for us?"
. . . Mr. Diaz said he expects support from Hispanics, who he said make up 26 percent of the district's registered voters. He also said he would work to attract black and white voters who oppose Mr. Price. The district includes much of southern Dallas.
. . .  He criticized Mr. Price for making statements Mr. Diaz said implied that Mayor Laura Miller cut a deal with Hispanic leaders to fire Terrell Bolton and then hire a Hispanic.
. . . "We don't need someone to separate the two minorities," Mr. Diaz said. "We need to work together."
   Mr. Price said Monday that he's proud of the work he has done for his district and said he welcomed the challenge. When asked to respond to Mr. Diaz's comments about people in his district not having a voice, he said, "He's probably hearing voices, that's his problem." . . .