article_snippet.sent: Allegations of corruption: Robert Bates, (right), arrives at the Tulsa County Jail with his attorney, Clark Brewster on Tuesday .
article_snippet.sent: However, when asked to produced proof that Robert Bates was certified to use three weapons, including the revolver Robert Bates fired at Eric Harris, Sheriff Stanley Glanz's Office say Sheriff Glanz and Bates' own legal team have been unable to find the paperwork.
article_snippet.sent: the Sheriff's Office claims that the deputy who certified Robert Bates has now moved on to work for the Secret Service. '
article_snippet.sent: We can't find the records that the deputy who certified Bates supposedly turned in,' said Sheriff Glanz according to the Tulsa World. '
article_snippet.sent: So We are going to talk to the deputy who certified Bates to find out if for sure he's been qualified with those weapons.'
article_snippet.sent: the Tulsa World have said that the Tulsa World heard 'almost immediately' after the shooting that Robert Bates was allegedly not qualified to be a deputy and that Robert Bates records had been pushed through the Sheriff's Office.
article_snippet.sent: Robert Bates is classified as an advanced deputy .
article_snippet.sent: Shooting: This photo shows a deputy bending down to pick up Robert Bates's dropped gun following the accidental shooting in Tulsa earlier this month.
article_snippet.sent: Robert Bates is classified by the Tulsa County Sheriff's Office as an 'advanced reserve'.
article_snippet.sent: the Tulsa County Sheriff's Office have previously said that Robert Bates joined the force in 2008, but when Robert Bates was asked Robert Bates said Robert Bates joined in 2007.
article_snippet.sent: In Robert Bates statement to the Tulsa investigators, Robert Bates said Robert Bates had previously attended a five-day homicide school in Dallas and also received 'active shooter response training' with the Tulsa County Sheriff's Office.
article_snippet.sent: The corruption allegations come as The corruption allegations emerged that Robert Bates contributed $2,500 to Sheriff Glanz's re-election campaign and that Robert Bates has donated vehicles and video to the Tulsa County Sheriff's Office.
article_snippet.sent: However, Sheriff Glanz's has denied that Robert Bates 'paid to play a cop'. '
article_snippet.sent: No matter how you cut Sheriff Glanz's up, Robert Bates met all the criteria on the Council on Law Enforcement Education and Training to be in the role that Robert Bates was in,' Robert Bates said to CNN.