STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- The high-ranking NYPD cop caught on video blasting pepper spray at a group of fenced-in Occupy Wall Street protesters last month has been shuffled into a borough command post on Staten Island — where he lives.

Deputy Inspector Anthony Bologna — who last week was docked 10 vacation days for violating NYPD guidelines following the Sept. 24 incident — was transferred on Monday from Patrol Borough Manhattan South to a position as special projects coordinator here, an NYPD source told the Advance.

He now reports to the borough command headquarters in New Dorp, just a few miles away from his Westerleigh home.

The Sept. 24 incident took place during the starting days of the protests, and drew a national media spotlight to the movement.

Videos from multiple angles show a group of women, fenced in by orange netting, yelling, "Shame, shame!" as they watch police tackle a man with a camera during a tense moment at Fifth Avenue and 12th Street.

A few seconds later, Bologna, who is wearing a white shirt that indicates a command rank, takes out a canister, looses several bursts of the pepper spray into the corral, turns around, re-holsters the canister and strides off. Another video shows Bologna using pepper spray on a second group of protesters.

Two days after the incident members of the hacker collective "Anonymous" released a document containing personal information on Bologna — a possible phone number, names of Bologna’s family members, every address in public records the group could find, and the docket of a lawsuit where he’s named as a defendant.

NYPD spokesman Paul Browne initially defended the use of pepper spray as "appropriate," and described the videos as edited.

But an internal review deemed that Bologna violated police guidelines, a person with knowledge of the investigation told the Associated Press last week.

Bologna has decided not to fight the loss of his vacation days, confirmed Roy Richter, the president of the NYPD Captains Endowment Association.

Richter defended Bologna’s actions at the protest, stating they "were motivated by his concern for the safety of officers under his command and the safety of the public."

Regarding the transfer, Richter said, "Deputy Inspector Bologna is an experienced professional who will work hard to excel in any assignment the Commissioner directs."

As of this afternoon, Browne did not respond to a request for comment about the transfer, or whether it was a punitive move by the NYPD.

One veteran law enforcement source told the Advance that the loss of vacation days, imposed so soon after the incident instead of after a months-long probe, looked to be nothing more than a weak slap on the wrist, a wink and nod to Bologna that he’d be protected.

"They didn’t hurt this guy. They’re not dumping him, they’re taking care of him," the source said.

A lawyer for one of the women, 24-year-old Kaylee Dedrick, said Bologna had assaulted her and he should be arrested.

"The crux of Deputy Inspector Bologna’s offense is not that he mishandled pepper spray or shot off mist in a careless fashion; the crux of Bologna’s conduct is he engaged in a deliberate assault against five innocent people," attorney Ron Kuby told the Associated Press last week.