Eric Welch is the newest member of the Ponca City Police Department.  He was sworn into office by receiving the oath of a Police Officer from Municipal Judge William Kirkpatrick Thursday afternoon.

Welch, a 2012 graduate of Texas Wesleyan University with a degree in Science and emphasis in English, began his employment with the PCPD on April 4. He was a certified Police Officer in Ulysses Kansas a town of approximately 7,000 for approximately four years.

Welch was actually born in Ponca City; his parents were residents of Tonkawa.  Eric is married; he and his wife have two young children.