article_snippet.sent: The Tulsa World newspaper, citing unnamed sources, has reported some of reserve deputy Robert Bates supervisors were told to certify reserve deputy Robert Bates after reserve deputy Robert Bates failed to meet some qualifications.
article_snippet.sent: reserve deputy Robert Bates has disputed those reports.
article_snippet.sent: The reserve deputy disputed earlier this week a Tulsa World report that sheriff's office supervisors were ordered to falsify The reserve deputy training records.
article_snippet.sent: Tulsa World Tulsa World said at least three of reserve deputy Robert Bates supervisors were transferred for refusing to go along with the requests, and said Tulsa World consulted multiple sources who spoke on condition of anonymity, but Tulsa World gave no indication how multiple sources who spoke on condition of anonymity were familiar with the situation. '
article_snippet.sent: Wood lawyer added that a Tulsa World report that sheriff's office supervisors were ordered to falsify his training records was largely based on claims made by a man who was terminated from the department seven years ago, at which point reserve deputy Robert Bates had only been there a few months.
article_snippet.sent: But the sources who spoke to Tulsa World claimed that The reserve deputy was not properly trained to be an armed deputy, despite the Tulsa County Sheriff's Office saying otherwise.