article_snippet.sent: (CNN)An internal inquiry by the Tulsa County Sheriff's Office in 2009 concluded that Reserve Deputy Robert Bates was shown special treatment and that training policies were violated regarding Reserve Deputy Robert Bates role with the agency.
article_snippet.sent: A Eric Harris family lawyer provided documents to CNN from the 2009 inquiry, which also found that supervisors intimidated employees to disregard policies to the benefit of Robert Bates.
article_snippet.sent: An attorney for Robert Bates, Clark O. Brewster, told CNN's Anderson Cooper on Friday that An attorney for Bates, Clark O. Brewster disputed the findings in the report and maintained that An attorney for Bates, Clark O. Brewster client had the proper training.
article_snippet.sent: The attorney for the Harris family said that Robert Bates wasn't qualified to be on the force, but received preferential treatment because Robert Bates'd made donations to the agency and was a friend of The Tulsa County Sheriff.
article_snippet.sent: Over the weekend, one of Robert Bates attorneys released most of Robert Bates training documents and said Bates' attorneys prove Robert Bates had proper law enforcement training.
article_snippet.sent: Robert Bates attorney, Brewster, characterized the 2009 memo as something borne out of jealousy by other officers.
article_snippet.sent: Was Robert Bates being treated differently than any other reserve deputies, and were any employees pressured by supervisors to aid Robert Bates?
article_snippet.sent: Contrary to claims by the Tulsa County district attorney's office that Robert Bates had the required training to be in the field, the 2009 memo indicates otherwise.
article_snippet.sent: The memo lists other instances where Robert Bates performed operations that Robert Bates wasn't supposed to, given Robert Bates stature in the department, but that complaints by other officers were dismissed by supervisors.
article_snippet.sent: Those who complained about Robert Bates, according to The memo, were told to leave Robert Bates alone or to make an exception, citing that Robert Bates did a lot of good for the county and was close with the top leaders in the agency.
highlights_snippet.sent: Documents show that officers thought Robert Bates got special treatment .
  