Comment on 2009 memo describes concerns about Oklahoma reserve deputy

2009 memo describes concerns about Oklahoma reserve deputy

(AP) — Several members of an Oklahoma sheriff's department raised serious concerns years ago about the performance and training of a volunteer deputy now charged in the fatal shooting of a restrained suspect, according to a report released by lawyers for the dead man's family. Bates is a longtime friend to Sheriff Stanley Glanz, serving as his insurance agent for 25 years and his re-election campaign manager in 2012. The 2009 report says Bates, who had joined the Tulsa County Sheriff's Office less than a year earlier, had argued with a dispatcher, improperly used a personal vehicle on the job and had conducted traffic stops on his own without adequate training for a role as an advanced reserve deputy. The 2009 report says Bates, who had joined the Tulsa County Sheriff's Office less than a year earlier, had argued with a dispatcher, improperly used a personal vehicle on the job and had inadequate training for a role as an advanced reserve deputy. The report concludes Bates didn't receive special treatment for admittance into the program because no advanced deputy had fully met internal standards. An attorney for the Sheriff's Office, Meredith Baker, said in a prepared statement Friday that no action was taken as a result of the report but that the document's existence "demonstrates this office's willingness to investigate and review any allegations of policy violations."

 

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