article_snippet.sent: Bates, who worked as a police officer for a year in the 1960s, had been a reserve deputy since 2008, with 300 hours of training and 1,100 hours of community policing experience, according to the Sheriff's Office.
article_snippet.sent: No matter how you cut it up, Bates met all the criteria on the Council on Law Enforcement Education and Training to be in the role that Bates was in,Shannon Clark Shannon Clark said.
article_snippet.sent: Bates has all the requisite training.