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Police custody. the video shows gray being dragged into a van by officers with his hands behind his backs and legs appearing to along limp. his family claims police are now involved from a cover-up. the unknown driving that story and another story and there may be a twist in tulsa. the attorney for reserve deputy robert bates releasing documents now that he says proved his client was properly trained as a law enforcement officer. the documents indicate bates had one tazer training class in a s...

Was he reasonable at the time he decided to pull out that taser and use it or was he reckless? clearly, he said it was an accident, i believe it was an accident. i dont believe it was anything intentional, but, however, the fact he did it at a time the other officers decided it wasnt necessary, thats going to be a real issue for him. >> quickly, faith, before i let you get out of here can you hear me okay? >> yes, i can hear you. >> the fact we have seen the reserve deputy robert bates, theres t...

Kids, and im very concerned about their safety. theyve been reassigned but they havent been suspended, but we will take action on that once some of the court cases are resolved with mr. bates. this office reviews all of its policies on a monthly basis. >> do we have it back? lets take it back. >> -- were trying to locate all of those, some of those are administrative in nature and we will provide those records as we find them. and with that id like to take a few questions. >> reporter: sheriff t...

>> reporter: outside agency would be a good idea? >> the khalea commission on accreditation for law enforcement agencies -- yes, they are they come in and look at policies and procedures. the fbi has come in and looked for it. >> reporter: would it be a good idea for the osbi to come? >> i could ask the osbi in but again, hes not an outside guy, hes someone i have direct control and influence over so why would i ask him to come in? >> reporter: are you going to release the videotape from the dol...

Geography and using a police radio. gun certification records reveal his accuracy scores range from 16 during one test to 95 during another out of a maximum 100. a spokesperson says the sheriffs office is still searching for more paperwork but insists bates was properly trained. attorneys for the family of eric harris say the records released so far are incomplete and do not prove that bates was adequately trained. bates is charged with second degree manslaughter and, craig, hes expected to be a...

Tonight that the 73-year-old volunteer tulsa dupeputy was not trained to use the gun he used to kill harris. we have gone through the 64 pages of documents that detailed the wealthy insurance executives training and certifications that is at the core of this situation. as we found out from that there is no mention of the revolver deputy robert bates used in the shooting. ed lavandera is out front. >> reporter: tulsa county sheriff was the toast of the town at a ground breaking event on monday. b...

House over the weekend. organizers plan more demonstrations. the tulsa county sheriff is expected to speak later this morning about the volunteer deputy robert bates. bates is charged with manslaughter in the fatal shooting of the suspect he says he meant to subdue with his taser. his attorney released records he says show bates met all of the training required. an ohio police officer is being praised for holding his fire as a murder suspect rushed at him. the confrontation was caught on the...

Baltimore police. >> tom costello reporting in baltimore. thank you. now to a developing story out of oklahoma where were hearing from tulsa county sheriff in a news conference this morning defended the training of robert bates, being the reserve deputy charged in the death of eric harris. >> i know that he has received a lot of training and thats documented and he has those documents. >> in an interview with nbc news, harris son wants to see justice for the deputies involved with his fathers de...

This is according to the sheriff stanley glanz. he said training records of that reserve deputy, robert bates, were not falsified and he said to the family of victim eric harris, "were sorry eric was taken from you" referencing that shooting death on april 2nd. the sheriff got a call from state of oklahoma saying the fbi has completed its civil rights investigation in the incident and found no wrongdoing with the sheriffs office. the sheriff also said that the two deputies two other deputies inv...

Why an unknown number of documents are missing admits bates did not get special treatment. >> should he have been out there that day? >> yes he should have been. >> reporter: the lawyer for the family of eric harris says the newly released documents do not show bates underwent the hundreds of hours of training required about the sheriffs department. >> they put forward records. well get to this in a minute. there is no field training records prior to 2007 that have been produced. which is when m...