Chris West Jr. from his Facebook page
“About a month after the event Long and her husband had a domestic confrontation at their home over the sexual activity that had occurred with the husband calling in fellow troopers to assist him with the confrontation.”
Did Daddy Pull Some Strings?
Camp Gruber Chris West Jr. Sex/Alcohol Scandal
Did Sheriff Chris West provide influence to get his son Chris West Jr. reinstated as a State Trooper after he resigned after an internal investigation?
In October of 2015 word leaked out about wild partying including hard drinking and extramarital sex that led to the firing of one Highway Patrol trooper, the resignations of two others, and three other troopers and a female game warden being suspended. The troopers had attended a narcotics assault training program put on at Camp Gruber by the Oklahoma Bureau of Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs Control agency. Some of the discipline was for excessive drinking; others were rebuked for sexual activities including the wife of a state trooper who was the female game warden. The husband was not present at the training.
OHP leadership made it sound like it was a bunch of young men making bad choices but the behavior occurred over a ten day period in May of 2015 when around 50 law enforcement officers participated in the training. After a four month investigation six members were disciplined or had resigned of the eight troopers that attended the event.
Canadian County Sheriff Chris West had a son involved in the inappropriate behavior but it has always been a secret as to what he did but we do know that it was serious enough that Chris West Jr. and Jason Henson resigned Oct of 2015. Trooper Ricky Ellis was fired over his behavior which including drinking till intoxicated and having sex with the married female game warden in the barracks and shower, claiming it was an “accident”. Ellis was also married at the time and knew the female game warden was married to another trooper. Ellis admitted to drinking to the point of memory loss on one occasion.
Trooper Jason Henson resigned and went on to study to be a registered nurse and appears to have made that his new career choice.
Trooper Mathew Wilczek was suspended for 13 days for drinking until intoxicated and recording video of the female game warden flashing the other troopers on the opening day of the training session.
Game Warden Emily Long
Wilczek was an eight year veteran of the force and had sent copies of the video to other troopers. Another trooper, Willian Hayden, admitted to drinking to the point of intoxication twice and other drinking bouts and was suspended for five days. Hayden was a three year veteran of the OHP. Another veteran trooper, Mathew Villines, admitted to drinking to the point he couldn’t perform his duties had his team been called out in an emergency and received a one day suspension.
The female game warden, Emily Long, was suspended for 15 days and six months probation for unprofessional conduct, negligence of duty, and conduct unbecoming of a public employee. Long was a five year veteran of the wild life agency. About a month after the event Long and her husband had a domestic confrontation at their home over the sexual activity that had occurred with the husband calling in fellow troopers to assist him with the confrontation. No incident report is being made public on this matter.
Trooper Chris West Jr. and Jason Henson resigned so their deeds must have been at the top of the pile but OHP has refused to divulge what the pair did to garner being ordered to resign.
But the mystery here is why Jason Henson was not allowed to return to the OHP but Canadian County Sheriff Chris West’s son Chris West Jr. was allowed to be reinstated a few months later. You can view Chris West Jr.’s Facebook profile here to see that he currently works for OHP. West was a high ranking officer prior to his resignation and served as a public spokesperson for the OHP for years. His father Sheriff Chris West retired from the OHP which is likely how he had the pull to sneak his son back onto the force. The link to Chris West Jr.’s Facebook page is below as well as a link to the news story on the scandal.
People do make mistakes and justice was served well with the majority of the people involved in the scandal but it makes no sense how one man, Chris West Jr., could escape punishment and full disclosure of his actions by resigning and being reinstated a few months later yet other troopers were forced into other career fields.
