article_snippet.sent: Reserve deputy Robert Bates had one a Taser training class over a six-and-a-half-year period, took three firearms training classes and qualified 10 times, from 2009 to 2014, to use a handgun.
article_snippet.sent: Reserve deputy Robert Bates had one Taser training class, on March 4, 2009, according to a document with a heading from The Council on Law Enforcement Education and Training, which sets the standards for training peace officers in the state.
article_snippet.sent: Wood said The Council on Law Enforcement Education and Training, which sets the standards for training peace officers in the state requires only one hands-on class on use of a Taser.
article_snippet.sent: Reserve deputy Robert Bates had weapons training once in September 2008 and twice in 2009, according to sheriff's office records that Reserve deputy Robert Bates obtained, Wood said.
article_snippet.sent: Reserve deputy Robert Bates scored high enough at the pistol range 10 times from September 24, 2009, to April 9, 2014, that Reserve deputy Robert Bates was allowed to carry a handgun while on duty, Wood said.
article_snippet.sent: Bates, who worked as a police officer for one year in the 1960s, completed 300 hours of training and 1,100 hours of community policing experience since becoming a reserve deputy, according to the sheriff's office.
article_snippet.sent: The Tulsa World said 480 hours of field training are required to be an "advanced" reserve deputy, which Reserve deputy Robert Bates claimed to be.
article_snippet.sent: Questions have been raised about Reserve deputy Robert Bates firearms qualifications scores.
article_snippet.sent: To be allowed to carry a pistol on duty, deputies need to score 72 while firing at a silhouette of a man at the firing range, Wood said.
article_snippet.sent: Documents with a heading "Firearms Qualification Record" show Reserve deputy Robert Bates scoring at least 72 on six different days.
article_snippet.sent: The department's summary of Reserve deputy Robert Bates weapons training shows Reserve deputy Robert Bates scored 80-84 those four times.
article_snippet.sent: Another seeming oddity of the records is how many classes Reserve deputy Robert Bates took on two days.
article_snippet.sent: The Council on Law Enforcement Education and Training records show Reserve deputy Robert Bates took 14 training classes worth 20 credit hours on December 10, 2013, and 20 classes worth 31 credit hours on December 11, 2014.