Chief of Police Matthew Peck Waurika Police Department Matt Peck Has a history of animal cruelty and filing false police reports Waurika Oklahoma

Matthew Peck was recently promoted as chief of police in Waurika, Oklahoma. I was very happy to have a new police chief and thought this gentlemen would do a great job in cleaning up the drug problem in Waurika. However, after doing some research I feel Waurika may have made a mistake in hiring this individual. This individual has a past and not a very good one.

According to my research the new chief of police in Waurika, Oklahoma was a former deputy of the Stephens County Sheriff's Office in Duncan, Oklahoma. According to my research, former deputy Matthew Peck was known to exaggerate and sometimes falsify reports. Also in August of 2016, he was said to have left a K9 officer in a hot patrol car for 36 hours until the poor animal died. According to Sheriff Wayne McKinney, this was an act of animal cruelty and he should've been charged for animal cruelty, however District Attorney Jason Hicks who is a close friend to Matthew Peck, dropped the charges against the former deputy.

According to my research, former deputy Matthew Peck has a history of animal cruelty. My question is how in God's name did this individual get hired as a police officer for the city of Waurika? More importantly how did he get promoted to chief of police? If the average citizen had committed the crime of animal cruelty, it's a safe bet to say that they would be charged and punished by imprisonment and a $5,000 dollar fine, and they sure as heck would not get hired as a police officer or promoted to chief of police!

Who is in charge of hiring and promoting these individuals? Somebody needs to investigate the hiring process for the city of Waurika.