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SACRAMENTO (CBS13) – A former Sacramento Police officer accused of lying about dozens of DUI arrests is now facing criminal charges.

District Attorney Jan Scully announced the charges against former officer Brandon Mullock this morning.  Mullock is facing 34 counts of perjury and filing a false report by a police officer.  He surrendered himself this morning.

The allegations came to light last year after discrepancies surfaced between Mullock’s written reports and his dash cam video. 

The District Attorney had to dismiss 79 cases in which Mullock was the principle witness.

Most of the cases were DUI related, but some include domestic violence cases in which suspects had been to court, pleaded guilty and were locked up.

Mullock resigned in August of 2010 after three years on the police force.

If convicted on all counts, Mullock could be sentenced to 23 years and 8 months in state prison.

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  • cmore

    I am not saying what he did was right, but to possibly serve 23 years for this is really insane. We don’t need dishonest cops out there but if he gets this time, it is more than a murderer gets or someone who commits a violent crime would serve. Lets get real.

  • MAB

    If he does do time imagine all the abuse he is going to face in prison . Being a ex-cop and he may even come face to face with some of the people he helped put away behind bars . He brought it on to himself ! Payback can be a b#*$# !

  • Black crow scammer

    He needs to go to jail. Along with the people that asaulted the news crew……..oh that’s right Jan Scully was to much of a coward to prosecute them.

  • BDP

    There are 79 seperate counts against him, therefore it would be a long sentence if convicted of each one. I assume you.can do math but maybe i’m wrong

  • Rusty

    If you were one of his victims, you wouldn’t be all sanctimonious, would you?

  • And?

    Now everyone needs to care that a cop is going to jail? I doubt he cared when he was trumping up charges. Him and his cop brothers probably got a good laugh. There are hundreds of cops out there that will probably never get caught. He deserves the same treatment he was dishing out. Get ready for the orange jumpsuit buddy. It isn’t funny now, is it?

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  • ted

    Police officers are expected to be above reproach, in order to insure the smooth and fair operation of our criminal justice system. When an officer of the court acts outside of the law, then they must be dealt with to the fullest extent of the law.

  • John

    Not going to.happen….Transfer out of state..

  • Jon Johnson

    Nice and True…………

  • Jon Johnson

    Correct….Same as criminals.

  • Macs C-U

    He will not be placed with others,,, As an officer he will be sent to in home security. the false imprisonment, the lost of an auto, all the legal expense to prove your Innocent??? the thousands of dollars spent on defense. the job losses, Who paid for all of these? He will probably be able to keep his pension and retirement, He will get released on a mental legal excuse. Other cops will see it does not go so bad and will do the same. Get rid of political. Bad judges and repeal the law that says cops can now “GO INTO YOUR HOME IF THEY HEAR YOU DESTROYING EVIDENCE” (with out a warrant)

  • NCTPTI

    I’m glad to see this finally happening. I work odd hours, and have been pulled over twice after work, at about 2AM, while driving downtown. When they find out that I haven’t had a drop to drink, and check my spotless record, they usually accuse me of speeding, and let me off with a warning. These officers obviously have way too much time on their hands, if they are able to randomly pull over drivers, in hopes of finding drunk drivers. We either need to get rid of these bored officers, or get rid of the drunk driver quotas, so that they can stop harassing the good citizens of Sacramento, and focus on keeping the murders and rapes at bay.

  • Tyrone

    FRY the POKER

  • Linda

    Power Trip gone wrong. LOL!!

  • cmore

    I can do the math, however I am stating that murderers and rapists get less time than this guy may get. You don’t have to be such a smart ass. And for your info, my parents were stabbed by a guy and almost died. The guy was charged with premeditated murder and assault with a deadly weapon. He got 5 years in Vacaville. This officer may get more time for what he did than someone who almost committed murder..

  • mydaddy

    Think about it, there’s 79 lives he changed with bogus charges, that’s somebody’s dad, son, brother, sister, mother. Lives were changed, people served time, families affected, tax money was wasted, but more importantly, he was a police officer, a person we entrusted with our lives, security, and honor and he abused his position, he wasn’t some street thug or criminal so please don’t even compare him to a criminal, he’s worst since we paid him to serve justice. The man has everything coming to him.

  • Chris Markel

    law enforcement officers should be on a higher standard than the citizen: otherwise, it becomes a police state-not withstanding’ that this nation is already one now.

  • Mike Carpino

    I think he should lose his job. That would be a prudent punishment rather than sticking the taxpayers with $23K a year for his prison time. He did not take anyone’ life. Seventy-nine cases were dismissed. the job loss alone is ample punishment.

  • Mike Carpino

    I agree! Murderers only get seven .

  • CARLOS

    HES NOT THE ONLY ONE…..AND WE ALL KNOW THAT… THEY ALL COVER EACH OTHERS,,,,, HE ONLY GOT CAUGHT BECAUSE OF THE CAM BUT YOU KNOW THERES ALOT MORE LIKE THIS GUY… HE DESERVES THAT AND THEN SOME…..

  • jayjayjj71

    The guy who stabbed your parents only had 2 victims and a couple charges. This guy has 79 victims and 79 charges. Now put it in perspective…If the guy stabbed 79 people, how much time would he have gotten?

  • r wisyanski

    Actually, with adjustments, credits,not to mention loss of taxes from a taxpayer, the ultimate cost is about $38,000 per year, or the equivalent of two years at a very descent school.

  • Mike Carpino

    The 79 charges WERE DISMISSED

  • mudduck

    Cmore, if it was premeditated murder, they would have not almost died, they would be dead! Attempted murder and assault with a deadly weapon, is the correct charge. Take it from a retired cop.

  • laurie209

    Another crooked cop, not a surprise anymore, they are hired all over this area. Seems like background checks just are not what they used to be. Now the department will need to go back and give these falsely arrested people an apology, erase it from their records and hopefully sue the officer so that he never forgets how much trouble he has caused..
    False arrests are rampant by some departments.

  • JJ

    Throw away the key, he played with Free Americans like toys for his ego.

  • Gonzo

    It may seem like a lot of time until you figure out how many lives this worthless cop ruined. Personally I believe he should get death…

  • TechnoHippie

    You’re talking about 79 charges here. Now if you were sitting in a jail cell (which some of these victims apparently were) – lost your job and perhaps your home and all your belongings and ruined your entire life I suspect you’d feel a little different. Furthermore this is someone who’ supposed to protect and serve and instead was a lying criminal. I agree that 23 years is a long time – but put things in perspective – perhaps this is right and the murders should get more time… ASSUMING he’s guilty I think he should get the damn 23 years and perhaps the next cop will think twice about committing perjury 30+ times. Far as I’m concerned the dirtbag has it comming.

  • RM

    All the lives he ruined! No empathy from me! Those DUI records will never be removed clear & all those extra Insurance dollars the victims paid, people who lost their jobs, their Licenses. Those records will be hard to clean up through the Courts & DMV, what a mess. Give him life!

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  • Dennis Nichols

    Officer should be and in SOME cases ARE held to a higher standard because of their positions of authority. Consequently, when they ABUSE that authority they should have a HARSHER punishment than Joe Citizen.

    IMHO, 23 years is NOT ENOUGH

  • Fedupwithmorons

    The 79 charges were dismissed in the interest of justice. But, how many of those cases were prosecuted based on the bs this guy wrote in his reports? These cases can be dismissed after prosecution, which means the persons arrested have arrest records that dont go away, legal fees, time wasted from family and work. So, don’t think what this azzclown did was harmless. Murderers get 25 to life. Usually, with no chance of parole. This azzclown deserves 25 years on each of the 79 arrests!

  • upforjustice

    A couple of years ago a North Carolina police officer was RECORDED discussing downloading music for free. The officer named the name Kazaa which has appeared in numerous lawsuits and talked about how the songs were arranged in groups and you choose the songs and just click and get them. He said it was the thing to do everybody was doing it. He bet his daughters had downloaded a THOUSAND SONGS on his computer. He said he had to get a new computer his old one FILLED UP WITH MEMORY. He laughed and said he hoped the federal government did not come in and investigate him.

    Shortly after this conversation we began reading the news articles people were being sued by RIAA and the FBI. They were calling piracy a crime of stealing and calling these people thieves. The RIAA and the FBI on their websites encourage people to report piracy. The FBI Anti Piracy Warning says they investigate. At that time we reported the officer’s conversation as well as his name to the RIAA and the FBI. It was ignored. A few months ago we were still reading news article people still being sued. Three of these cases that stood out were Joel Tennenbaum, Jammie Thomas and Whitney Harper all having to pay outrageous monetary amounts. Now feeling ignoring the officer’s conversation was unfair we began reporting the conversation to the RIAA the FBI the PD and several other anti piracy organizations along with the officer’s name asking why this was not investigated. Again it continues to be ignored. If piracy is a crime as the FBI the RIAA and others proclaim why was this conversation ignored. Considering piracy is being called a crime and the thousands of people that have been sued shouldn’t this conversation be investigated to see where the THOUSAND SONGS this officer talks about came from, who the everybody is that is doing this and if he or his daughters may have committed what RIAA, FBI and others are calling a crime. Ignoring this conversation seems to be an injustice to all the people that have been sued as well as to us as a citizen reporting it and it being ignored. How can they sue some and ignore a high ranking police officer discussing downloading music in this way. I feel this is wrong and don’t understand how this is allowed

  • Walter Strong, Oakdale

    The man broke a public trust. He used the cover of law to cause pure MISERY to a lot of people. BTW, do a little checking, people who commit murder frequently get life with out parole or sentenced to death.

  • cm

    Then lets give murderers and the people who commit violent crimes more time then maybe just maybe you will see this as being “real”

  • JHM

    The 23 years is what he could serve if the judge sentenced him to the maximum for each count–which in a case this egergeous he should. However, as a police person he will probably only serve a few years, if that.

    A long sentence in needed to keep him from mearly moving to a private securty position and continuing to terrorize the public.

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  • JHM

    While the treatment of the news crew was illegal, (pulling the girl reporter’s hair was simple assault) getting a jury to convict might have been pretty hard to do given the reporter’s obnoxious conduct toward the grieving friends and relatives at the memorial.

    Comparing what this particular police person, Mullock, got caught doing, to simple assault, is ridiculous. Remember what he did included blatant lies on police reports and some of those lies were intended to frame people for DUI.

  • JHM

    While all of the cases where he was a witsess were dismissed according to the news reports, according to the affidavid supporting the arrest warrant only 24 of the cases where there was video evidence were investigated in “the intrest of judicial economy.” Thus, the 24 counts almost certainly was not all that he could have been charged with if all of the cases with video evidence had been investigated.

    I agree that 23 years is not long enough. However, it will probaby be difficult to get a judge to sentence him to more than a few years.

    Remember the “slap on the wrist” sentence that the BART officer got for a first degree murder, charged and tried as manslaughter, itself a serious crime.

  • JHM

    A police office isn’t an “officer of the court” although they are often treated as if they were some kind of royalty. “Officer of the court” is a fancy term to refer to the prosecution and defence attorneys.

  • JHM

    You probably mean if they congure up in their mind’s eye that you might be destroying evidence or imagine that they smell pot somewhere in he vicinity of your home.

    California could pass a law to change that, at least with regard to state and local police. You might want contact your state Assemblymember and State Senator.

  • JHM

    You might want to contact your city counsel member and sudgest that the city should not allow its police persons to wear the MADD award pins for a high number of drunk driving arrests. Part of this police person’s, Mullock’s, motivation for his false police reports was to rack up DUI arrests and get one of those pins.

  • JHM

    Not really, if he doesn’t get a long sentence he will just move into private security and continue to terrorize the public.

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  • blah

    I AGREE WITH YOU!!!

  • cw

    he didnt care about the 79 lives he ruined…when he sat in court and told lies!…hang him high as a warning to cops everywhere…if you lie on the stand you will goto jail for a long time!

  • JHM

    In the case of this (now former) police preson, well worth the price for as long as it can be kept in prison.

  • JHM

    In response to Walter Strong, Oakdale
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    It might or might not seem strange to you, but those attracted to police work, often are individuals who gain pleasre by hurting other people.

  • laruga1

    Great so they catch one Police officer and we are suppose to believe he is the only one that has done this? Does anyone know what this D.U.I. business does to ones life? I’ll tell you one thing , It ain’t nothing nice and it stays with you for a long long time. The people who had to endure these falsified police reports should sue
    and have their records expunged ! But you know what a hassle insurance companies will put these people through to get their records corrected ? That should be another consideration when the judge decides the punishment for this guy! I just can’t believe this has happened and I believe all d.u.i.’s should be checked for accuracy and truth before someone goes down this road. Its only fair to know the truth given the light that is being shed on the subject!

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