The police are not supposed to be above the law!

Yet he was a decorated sergeant and it seems that maybe his ranking and work history curried him some favor as he has only been sentenced to three years in jail.

One year for each attack against his 13-year-old victim.

Vladimir Krull, a 12-year veteran of the department assigned to the Midtown North Precinct, was convicted of attacks, including two rapes, the daughter of his then girlfriend in 2013 and 2014, a total of three times.

NY Daily News reported:

Krull, 39, was also convicted of making the victim perform a sex act on him in his car in June 2014 after a father-daughter breakfast for her eighth-grade class.

A spokeswoman for Bronx District Attorney Darcel Clark confirmed that Supreme Court Justice Lester Adler had sentenced Krull to just three years for each incident of abuse, which will run concurrently.

After he was convicted this past Jan. 30, Clark said: “The defendant horrifically abused the trust of this family and engaged in sexual acts with a child.

“He now faces prison time for his depravity, and I hope his conviction reinforces the message that we do not stop until we get justice for the most vulnerable of victims.”

After Krull’s arrest, then-Police Commissioner Bill Bratton called it an “unfortunate circumstance” and said that the NYPD would “be working very closely with the district attorney’s office.”

Krull was also sentenced to five years of postrelease supervision and must register as a sex offender, prosecutors said Monday.

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