article_snippet.sent: The reserve deputy appeared on the Today show on Friday .
article_snippet.sent: he also dismissed recent reports in the Tulsa World that he had not completed the proper hours of training, saying it is 'absolutely the truth' that he had paperwork to show he had completed it.
article_snippet.sent: Bates is classified by the Tulsa County Sheriff's Office as an 'advanced reserve'.
article_snippet.sent: In Bates statement to investigators, Bates said 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: But the sources who spoke to Tulsa World claimed that the reserve deputy was not properly trained to be an armed deputy, despite Sheriff Stanley Glanz saying otherwise.
highlights_snippet.sent: In an interview on the Today show on Friday, Tulsa County Sheriff's Office reserve deputy Robert Bates described Tulsa County Sheriff's Office reserve deputy Robert Bates shock and remorse at the April 2 shooting of Eric Harris and how Tulsa County Sheriff's Office reserve deputy Robert Bates never intended to kill anyone .
  
highlights_snippet.sent: Tulsa County Sheriff's Office reserve deputy Robert Bates demonstrated that Tulsa County Sheriff's Office reserve deputy Robert Bates kept Tulsa County Sheriff's Office reserve deputy Robert Bates Taser near Tulsa County Sheriff's Office reserve deputy Robert Bates chest and Tulsa County Sheriff's Office reserve deputy Robert Bates gun on Tulsa County Sheriff's Office reserve deputy Robert Bates right side - but insisted the mix-up could have happened to anyone .
  
highlights_snippet.sent: Tulsa County Sheriff's Office reserve deputy Robert Bates said Tulsa County Sheriff's Office reserve deputy Robert Bates had completed all proper training and was not allowed to 'play cop' just because Tulsa County Sheriff's Office reserve deputy Robert Bates had donated equipment to the sheriff's office .