A 73-year-old volunteer deputy who says he mistakenly killed a suspect during a sting operation this month told NBC’s “Today” on Friday that reports that his training records were forged are false.
Tulsa County sheriff’s Reserve Deputy Robert Bates said he did the required training, denying a Tulsa World report this week that some supervisors at the sheriff’s office were told to forge his training records.
“That is absolutely the truth. I have it in writing,” he said when NBC’s Matt Lauer asked him if he had the proper training and certifications.