the tulsa world newspaper reported last week that several sheriff s deputies falsified his traipse training records. is there an investigation into this are you actively investigating no we are not. reporter: why wouldn t you be given the magnitude and power of those allegations apparently they don t want to talk to me. but they re welcome to. they can go to the fbi and talk to them. reporter: bates lawyers have released more than 60 pages of documents they insist proves bates was properly trained. they do not show he was qualified to use his personal personal personal .357 handgun. in bates signed statement to investigators he investigators he qualified in 2004 2013. the sheriff could not explain
proper training for the job. the tulsa world newspaper reports that robert bates qualified on a revolver he carried during a fatal shooting. and his gun was not on the list of firearms deputies can carry on duty. today the sheriff said the use of that gun was a simple mistake. offering this explanation. bob did mistake a gun for a taser. he mistook it. joining me now, dan, the family attorney, the harris family attorney. thank you for being here first of all. thank you, reverend. i appreciate the time. what was your reaction to the sheriff s comments today? well it s not surprising to me. i ve worked really against this
procedures. let s say you need an mri and two other kind of expensive procedures. it s best to have those all in one year from a financial point of view. it will help more on your taxes. a deputy shot and killed an unarmed suspect instead of tasing him. the tulsa world newspaper is stand buying its reports robert bates records were forged. the records released by robert bates attorney saturday do not contradict our story in the least, in fact they support what we have reported. all of this happening as he faces manslaughter charges and
investigators. mr. bates has already been charged with second degree manslaughter. in a written statement to police obtained by the tulsa world newspaper and shared with us here at the last word, mr. bates says i have attended numerous schools and seminars related to drug investigations and the tactical operations associated with the apprehension of suspects involved in drug trafficking. i have also attended a five-day homicide investigation school in dallas, texas, as well as received training by the maricopa county arizona sheriff s department on response to active shooters. today the tulsa world revealed that there is no record of mr. bates receiving any training by the maricopa county arizona sheriff s department as his statement to police investigators claims. lisa allen, chief media relations office for the sheriff s office said they had no record of mr. bates attending their training.