Officer Jarod Frank of the Fort Bragg Police Department has been recognized by Mothers Against Drunk Driving (MADD) California for his exceptional efforts in removing 44 impaired drivers from the road in 2023.
Natasha Thomas, NorCal Area Executive Director for MADD, highlighted the importance of these “invisible victories,” emphasizing the lives saved by stopping DUI drivers before any tragic incidents occur.
FBPD Chief Neil Cervenka told us Officer Frank has worked for the agency for 3.5 years after moving to the Mendocino Coast from Sacramento. Officer Frank “has a passion for traffic safety and has become an expert in the identification of DUI drivers”, Chief Cervenka explained.
The shift Officer Frank work does play a role in his high number of DUI arrest, Chief Cervenka recognized. “He was on dayshift most the year, but many of the DUI’s were at night when Officer Frank was participating in special DUI Enforcement paid for with a grant.”
Chief Cervenka noted that of all the DUI stops Officer Frank has ever initiated, the highest recorded blood alcohol concentration (BAC) was 0.28%, detected at 3:15 on a Thursday afternoon.
Officer Frank’s notable statistics for the year include:
- Seventeen DUI arrests were twice the legal limit or greater
- Seventeen arrests were for daytime DUIs
- Nine arrests were individuals on DUI probation (only one was a prior arrest by Officer Frank)
- Eight arrests were for DUI involving drugs or a combination of drugs and alcohol
- Three arrests were for wrong-way driving
- Two arrests involved drivers with children in the car, resulting in additional child endangerment charges
Fort Bragg has a big drunk driving problem. Everyday dozens of habitual drunks visit the bars and then drive home. Even more getting liquored up at home and heading to the store for another six pack. It is part of the town culture. As usual I expect some of of the drunk driving enthusiasts and their friends will soon post some comments disparaging officer Frank. The mere mention of officer Frank’s name seems to be a lightning rod for the disdain of drunk drivers and gang members.
Lately when I come into town I notice the police are very active, heads on a swivel and eyes peeled. Keep up the good work Jarod.
Amen Tod. This town has always had this issue and finally somebody is addressing it. #lovefrank
You were right on the money Todd.
It didn’t take long for the shit storm to get underway and Hellfire it’s not even Happy Hour yet!
Things should get real entertaining as Saturday night wears on.
I’m neither a drunk or a gang member (I don’t even drink) frank had stopped me 17 times in 20 days and every time made me do a field sobriety test rather than just letting me blow the breathalyzer thus wasting hours of my time as the average time of engagement was 45 minutes (45×17= 765 minutes or 12 hours and 45 minutes total) just because I was driving out of north harbor where I was working at the time, obviously harassing/ profiling every time
Jarod Frank is abusing his power as a police officer. Makes all cops look bad in my opinion. He actually reached in my wife’s bra!!
Let me guess, your wife was being arrested and searched?? What are the cops supposed to do? Not touch that area where a gun or drugs could be concealed? Learn the law idiot!
Weird ass mother fuckers
If your wife was being arrested what did she expect? Sorry, but not all cops are bad. Get off the bandwagon and think for yourself!
Keep it up JD.
That’s illegal and an abuse of power.
Why didn’t you file a harrassment complaint?
We’ll never know how many lives he’s saved.
This officer has cleaned up this town beyond one could imagine. Everyone seems to hate on him, but for once we have a good cop. Hopefully he will become a captain or chief someday. Keep it up Frank!!
Todd Peckerman you sure sound a lot like Cervenka. There is an article written on June 1 2024 written by Sarah Reith. In their Cervenka is saying this town has a drinking problem. This whole county and state has a drinking problem where the fuck have you been Todd. How many of thoses dui have been thrown out because of his lies. So Todd or should I say Cervenka should there be a bill saying no sale of alcohol in Fort Bragg. What about the cannabis dispensaries in city limits? That’s just as bad as alcohol. I’m sure you had your buddy Bernie contact Mendofever to post dumd fuck Frank because of all the the post about him. So how you’re just painting Frank as this hero. Haha him make captain or cheif the only thing Frank and Beak will make is on the Megan’s law website.
I spoke with Kalina Law (good friend of mine) and he actually said Frank has a 90-95% conviction rate lol. I think he’s doing good work. Now officer Beak is a different question. I understand he’s had relations with females who have been selling drugs etc.
At 90%, that means 1 in 10 could afford to challenge the stop. If we all had a spare 5-10 thousand laying around I bet way more of jd franks stops would be challenged.
They might get challenged, that doesn’t mean there dismissed though. Frank is actually an pretty solid guy. Stopped me for speeding, cited me, however was friendly and understanding the entire time. I have no issues with him and if you’re drunk, you shouldn’t be driving either way.
Here is one of the disparaging comments I predicted, right on schedule. I’m not Cervenka, I am Peckerham. But I am a little flattered by your implication. Maybe if Neil and Bernie read this they will will let me be chief of FBPD for a day!
To address your profane hysteria:
Fort Bragg does have a major drunk-driving problem. Sure dui is a statewide issue, but in fort bragg it is a celebrated part of the local “culture”. The DUI numbers reflect that reality, and I think the PD should only intensify its efforts to cite drunk drivers in the town.
Cannabis dispensaries may sell intoxicants, but there is no on-site consumption in fort bragg. So I’m not as worried about those businesses generating intoxicated drivers. Local bars are a different story. I think alcohol should be available, but I wish these bars would be more careful about over-serving their patrons. The bars are afterall legally responsible for the drunks leaving their establishments. You can get lunch at the Chinese restaurant and watch the regular noon-time drunks stumble out of welcome inn and golden west and swerve off in their vehicles. There are worse bars in town that cater to the most hardcore drinkers— milano hotel proudly opens their doors at 7am to help their most loyal customers stave off the shakes. Lots of hard drug use and dealing occurs at these bars, too.
Frank is my hero! Saved me from my alcoholism and got me on a straight line. Thank you dude!
Same here! I was addicted to drugz; Frank stopped me and actually introduced me into a rehab facility. 114 days sober and counting. Frank has touched many peoples lives in a positive way. thank for the extra chance frank i wont let u down.
Keep it up Jarod! You’ve saved more lives than you can imagine. I believe he got this award last year too for the same hard work. Hopefully other people look up to him and follow his ways. We appreciate you in our town!
Easy to bust people when you can lie to the judge and have any cam footage modified or deleted when challenged. Jarod d frank is a childish hack. Of course he stops cars and cites for dui’s. If you pull over every fucking car for no reason; then you get more of every kind of stop. So Matt lefever; report on the change.orgpetition to fire frank with over 500 signatures… I have the list. Report on the fort Bragg wellness Facebook page lined with complaints and stories about this campus security hack turned dirty cop. The police chief is a hack for honoring such corruption.
Typical Joe Wagner! Son got caught for DUI and I’m sure Mr. Wagner has a few DUI’s under his belt too! Im surprised your radio station hasn’t fired you yet for the negative drama you create for them.
As for Chief Cervenka, keep it up! Obviously, you know Frank hasn’t done anything wrong otherwise I’m sure you would have dealt with it. Frank has saved countless lives and taken guns and drugs off the street. Hero in my book. Why don’t you put the uniform on Joe? Oh sorry, you can’t with a DUI suspended license. Get the chip off your shoulder fool.
No dui’s yet sorry to disappoint nor does my son have one.
For a guy with several controlled substance stops you sure got a big mouth tweeker boy
Joe’s post on his FB page “FB wellness” reads like a sign in sheet at a NA/AA meeting. You can literally google every person on there making comments and see there booking photo for everything from child abuse to dui (shocker). Joe had carried this vendetta for JD Frank for nearly two years after Frank exposed Joe for the alcoholic abusive person he is.
Amen to that lol! Every one who comments on his posts or shares it has DUI or drug history LOL! Geez how surprising, criminals hate cops who do their jobs. Madison Custer methamphetamine DUI from ukiah PD, shaleen Chorley, DUI and on felony probation, sebashtion harrison tried to literally murder his girlfriend in front of a bar while driving drunk. I could go on and on LOL. Wagner is old news and JD Frank is a hometown hero.
Wagner, focus on ur failing construction business rather than good cops who do their jobs…. good job matt for dropping this article. perfect timing
Frank is NO hero in this town dumd fuck. John Naulty is the FB hero. How is he a hero by giving dui. Good he is getting the drunk drivers but he should not be asking for sex after they get arrested. He has his own bitch and let me tell you that is a whole lot of woman to love
You sound like a typical fort bragg drug addled lying wank…lol.you mommy n daddy mostly prison wanks.
Wow! 500 signatures? Too bad with all your attention-seeking that you can’t generate as much enthusiasm for your business. Best of luck to you, Joe, but I find you hysterical, untrustworthy and lacking credential.
When I volunteered at knyo some of us used to call this dude ‘pedo Joe’. He was always to handsy with the younger male volunteers. Not afraid to give unwanted attention if he thought he could get way with it. I feel bad for his kids they prob had it worse
I heard he had that same nickname when he was younger too. “Pedo Joe”…. I’ve had friends who said on first friday’s he tries to massage their shoulders as they picked through items he was selling… totally weird dude. No wonder he has a fetish against the police….. I hope somebody comes forward and reports Joe as the sex offender he truly is!
Lets not forget Joe Wagner following young half naked teens on Tik Tok and reposting their videos on his Facebook profile! Pedo Joe strikes again! Keep it up FBPD.
Prove your silly lies
Theres a local drunk barfly named earl. drives a big gold ford truck and loves to talk shit about frank. Earl is that you?
Somebody fighting a DUI case talking shit about Frank??? how surprising. Maybe if Earl didn’t drive drunk he never would have met frank. they dont call frank the DUI expert for nothing. people should change their ways or pay the price!
Todd Peckerman aka Cervenka why be a FBPD Cheif for a one when you’re already the Cheif. So serving underage girls ok for Frank to do. Oh wait it’s all going to come out then you and your bitch can move back to Turlock. The alcohol is not the problem in FB it’s Frank and your pedophile Beak are. Todd maybe Oakland would be a better place for you. Todd aka Cervenka so much about the dui. What about drugs in FB oh yeah your guys cover that up because of Beak.
Careful with the drinking, my concerned friend. Your prose leads me to conclude you’re either drunk or on the verge of having a stroke. It’s probably a good thing that FBPD lives in your head rent-free 24/7. Otherwise you’d probably do something stupid.
Probably another guilty dui driver frank or baker caught. cervenka has done nothing but improve our police department and built up their community relations. we love frank and baker!
Sorry Todd aka Cervenka I don’t drink and never have or done drugs. I have lived here in FB over 60 years and I could tell your not from here. Oh yeah Todd aka Cervenka you’re from Turlock.
Hearsay and hysterics is all you’ve got. You’re one of the more pathetic trolls I’ve encountered, and I genuinely feel sorry for you. If you want us to know your biography you can use your full legal name. Or you might as well shut up because I’m not engaging you anymore.
Todd or aka cervenka you’re the pathetic one. Let’s me up or is that the only way you get off is hiding behind your computer Puck bitch I’ll meet you. Your mom should have abortion you bitch
Don’t make me laugh, anonymous tough guy. Meet me at glass beach in thirty minutes and I’ll give you a free English lesson, boy. Just be careful and follow all the traffic laws on your way down, ok? Frank might be looking for you.
Fuck you Punk let’s done it. Oh yeah you’re the type that will call Frank Todd aka Cervenka. Fuckin pussy cop caller. You’re mom should have closed her legs and not had you little punk bitch
That right their boys and girls is why most of us choose to use an alias.
It’s far too easy to find people in these times.
One can quickly aquire their own personal devil.
I wouldn’t call him a devil. More like a seething mental midget. Good for a few laughs, but that’s about it.
Your bar for bravery is really low. You’re not a reporter breaking a big story, or a confidential source that could bring down a big corporation, or whistleblower exposing government corruption. There’s no bravery in being a self-righteous, opinionated d-bag! Get over yourself. There’s no honor in putting a name to an opinion or challenging someone to meet you at the bike racks after class to fight. You’re a juvenile with a big ego.
I see you just couldn’t resist sharing your anonymous (worthless) opinion. I’m free to share my thoughts wherever I want, and I think adding my name to it does lend some value to what I say. Nobody claimed to be a reporter or confidential source or anything like that. But your seething friends “concerned fort bragg” and Joe Wagner sure think they’re onto something big. Tweakers and drunks sure do have some strange “logic”.
And the guy making impotent, anonymous threats suggested the meet-up. Of course he didn’t show up!
There’s a name to faceless keyboard bully. Congratulations! Nobody is sitting around the dinner table talking about the nobility & bravery of Peckerham, I assure you. You’re quick to label anyone who disagrees with your opinion, which your entitled to, as drunks or drug addicts? As if people must be cognitively compromised to disagree with you or have differing opinions. Which apparently are worthless if they don’t align with yours. But who am I to argue with an omniscient being like yourself.
Ps. My name is for family & friends. You’re neither.
No I generally reserve the tweaker or drunk labels for people with disingenuous arguments and broken critical thinking skills, among other unsavory traits. Show me some actual evidence and I might even be swayed by your argument. So far the anti-Frank crowd has been incapable of doing that. I’m fine with honest discussion and disagreement, but disingenuous assholes bother me.
People might not be talking about the Peckerhams at the dinner table, but many sure are praising Jarod Frank. Officer Frank deserves every bit of that praise.
Of course you’re free to use whatever pseudonym you like, just don’t expect me to place any value on your words.
And I’m sure your family and “friends” are grateful you’re not using your true name. You’re an embarrassment.
I don’t like Frank. In fact, I don’t like any cops. I don’t like the entire carceral system and would like to see it abolished. I don’t know Frank as a person, but from everything I’ve heard through local word of mouth he comes off as a decent kid who let’s the power of his position get to him, sometimes to do something good, sometimes to misuse ad abuse that power. It is simply something that is inherent in the power dynamic of the police in comparison to the populace.
The real problem, as is with nearly all of this country, is a total lack of public transportation and dense, walkable housing. I’ve been cited by Frank for drinking a beer in public. I was not visibly drunk in any physical or verbal way, yet the action of drinking in public is treated with a similar severity as a DUI. Every aspect of our lives, especially in this rural area, is dominated by our cars and trucks. Enforcing DUIs without any material or structural change means little more than a continuous stream of cash for the police dept.
You want to actually get drunk drivers off the road? (Let me be clear, I am a full advocate of bringing that number as close to zero as possible) Speak up at these city council meeting and demand that vacation rentals be banned city wide and a promise, with accountability, to use more of the general fund toward public transportation.
It’s always the folks that don’t like cops that seem so eager to impose their own style of enforcement. Seems they envy the authority a badge brings, but they can’t or won’t commit the effort to earn it. Kind of ironic. If you don’t want a ticket for drinking in public then don’t drink in public. Same with driving under the influence. It is that simple.
Short term vacation rentals are already banned in city limits, not that has anything to do with the local dui culture. We have public transportation, but it is barely used. Hard to make a case for pouring more money into a service that people don’t seem to want. Law enforcement is proving effective in Fort Bragg, so let’s fund more of what already works.
Acheya, you are complaining about receiving a ticket for drinking in public… in my 50 years of life, I’ve never gotten a ticket for drinking in public… yet alone had more than 4 law enforcement contacts! if you don’t break the law, you won’t be contacted its that simple! Sounds like your a sovereign citizen or close to it. I hope you don’t dial 911 when you need help.
Thank you Mendo for writing this article. DUI driving should have a harsher penalty to prevent re-offenders.
DUIs disproportionally affect the poorest people in our communities. In a town that promotes drinking as a tourist attraction, we should be addressing this issue from that material aspect. Having a parking lot behind 2 of the most well known bars in town only invites people to drink and drive because overall it is more likely that someone will get home outside of a cops pervue than walking home while drinking. The ability of police to infer that actual problem of situation from the letter of the law has been stripped from them in the favor of higher amounts of tickets given out. In no reasonable world do I, casually drinking beer while walking to the store on a hot day, present the same danger to people as a person driving while intoxicated.
Bingo!!! I have never seen Chp, sheriff, nor police watching cars coming in to town from a winesong event. Every Porsche, beemer, etc a dui… but they are the affluent.
….Then you’ve never been onsite, I’ve seen many stopped….
Of course no one uses a service that can’t pick up anyone from Dick’s past 6 at night. If you knew anything about how public transit works you would know that any increase in service area takes time to develop a ridership, even when that ridership is already in demand. Housing is absolutely a part of this conversation. An apartment on Oak is a hell of a lot easier to access on foot than a cabin anywhere on Simpson Lane. I care about people don’t putting other people at risk. I could not care less if that is done through a badge or through infrastructure. The evidence, if you cared to look it up, is clearly on my side. And yes, I will include data if you would like.
Acheya you couldn’t articulate your way out of a paper bag. A reasonable adult is capable of planning their evening so as not to drive drunk. The law is indiscriminately and equally applied regardless of a person’s income, race, or whatever no matter how you want to slice it. I’m sorry that you have trouble understanding and following the simplest rules. But I bet you don’t drink in public anymore!
Dude, you’re just boot licking now. Where do you get this rosey picture of policing in this country, the Andy Griffith show? Cops lie, cheat, steal, abuse power and so on and so forth. How do I know that? Because they’re human beings! Flawed like the rest of us. Emboldened with God like powers over the public. Aside from that there are thousands of videos on YouTube of police violating our rights. Lying under oath. Physically & verbally abusing citizens. Planting evidence. Stopping people for no lawful reason. Destroying or “losing” evidence. Wake up dude! Cops seeing your name in the comments might get you a FB police badge sticker for your bumper, but they might throw your ass in jail for no damn reason too.
I’ll take my chances with cops rather than felons or criminal apologists such as yourself.
When can I pick up my sticker?
Guess you missed the article about the gun wielding, methed out, rapist cop? Or maybe the other article about the chief with a penchant for sexual harassment? Or may the willits cop who was fired for the same thing? Or the cops who beat the defenseless mentally ill man? I can go on, but you get the idea. That’s just recent history in this county alone. You can get your sticker from any one of those felonious a-holes.
Sounds like you are a thueving dope addled low iq typical inbred libturd lol. You face us honest foljs with deadly force conseqyences for you violent criminals.
What? You’re low hanging fruit, dude. You need a sober typer.
….Your name proves you need mental help….
LOL looks like Acheya was arrested on 6/9/24 for public intoxication (thanks google lol)… that explains his drinking problem and hate towards cops! FBPD rules! Cervenka Rules! Baker Rules! Frank rules!!!
Todd aka cervenka a lot of people in this town love law enforcement it’s just this dumb dick sucking cop. I have friends who are in law enforcement and they even talk shit about this dumb ass. So you are the pathetic one punk bitch. Frank should stick to fuckin his own fat bitch punk
Are you still chirping? See you at the beach, little birdie. I’m on my way. Don’t disappoint me!
Ol’ Dickbacon just can’t help bestow his flawless wisdom on all of us brainless miscreants. You’re filled with animosity & anger! Surely your unfortunate last name must’ve been a real burden during adolescents & teenage years. The bullying must’ve been brutal. Makes sense that you’d turn that bullying you experienced & turned onto the rest of the world. You would’ve made a good cop yourself. That profession would contribute mightily to your misguided superiority complex. I’m amazed a man with all the awnsers hasn’t risen in the ranks of great thinkers & world leaders. Your talents are truly wasted on us lowly, bird brained, less than. Godspeed, Dicksausage, may the winds of good fortune sweep you off to greater heights. That way you can truly look down on the rest of us.
Dickbacon and Dicksaugage Damn that sounds scrumptious!
So is that on the menu at Patrona or the Left coast?
I think it’s something his dad makes for him at home.
Drinking & driving is dangerous, selfish & stupid! Walk, get a ride, or don’t drink! What bugs me is the “special dui enforcement paid for with a grant”. Sounds like there was extra motivation in the form of a monetary reward to get as many dui as possible. Which, in my opinion, would undoubtedly lead to profiling, illegal stops, & rights violations. I’m all for getting drunk drivers of the road. I’m not okay with questionable tactics, motivation or reasoning in doing so, outside of the obvious.
Frank is a known liar. The DAs office knows his department knows! the other enforcement in this county knows. But he makes big $$$$$ for Cervanka to waste! If he was a good human this wouldn’t be such a hotspot. Only cares about getting numbers not about helping or caring for the community here.
For you to say he doesn’t care about the community is astounding. Frank is the first person to cut people breaks and give them warnings. I’ve done ride alongs with MCSO and they even talk about how amazing Frank is at stopping DUI drivers before they kill somebody. With all this hate against Frank I’m surprised he hasn’t stopped enforcing everything and let crime run crazy! Frank is a hero and will always be one as long as he continues to do the right thing. We love you FBPD!
What a dumb comment. Probably another person Frank or Baker arrested for DUI driving.
Jarod Frank from the Fort Bragg police department is pervert!! Straight fact’s!!!
Rory Beak of the FBPD is the real pervet! Dating highschool girls who sell fentanyl and now dating a 40 year old MARRIED woman LOL! How the PD hasnt fired him yet amazes me.
I’m neither a drunk or a gang member (I don’t even drink) frank had stopped me 17 times in 20 days and every time made me do a field sobriety test rather than just letting me blow the breathalyzer thus wasting hours of my time as the average time of engagement was 45 minutes (45×17= 765 minutes or 12 hours and 45 minutes total) just because I was driving out of north harbor where I was working at the time, obviously harassing/ profiling every time
It appears that officer Frank might have a crush on you?
The next time that he collars you try asking him out for a friendly little drink.
Just make sure that he does the driving.
Could you lie anymore? If this was the case, you would either stop driving or have some sort of proof. Officer Frank is a good guy and does nothing but serve his community. Us law abiding citizens respect and honor him! YOU ROCK OFFICER FRANK!!
Anyone who claims to not be a gang member or feels the need to is often times…. a gang member LOL!
Let’s ask chief one thing why does every other enforcement agency in the county. Have dash cameras?
Well fbpd doesn’t why u ask it? Well it’s simple it allows frank to lie. On reasonable suspicion and probable cause.
Lots more to come soon!
Have a great day Frank ?
Well, congratulations to Officer Frank! In my experience, he’s everything we could hope for in a community police officer. He’s handled several matters on my street with speed and skill, including a big black bear! He struck me as super smart and kind. I’m sure he has a great future ahead of him and hope he has it in Fort Bragg!
I agree! I hope FBPD keeps Frank on the force for years to come and doesnt let him transfer out. Our community needs cops like Frank patrolling the streets to ensure things get handled. Keep it up Franky!