article_snippet.sent: Bates was a reserve deputy sheriff, which allowed Bates to "work full time jobs in the community and volunteer ... time in a myriad of events such as the Special Olympics and Tulsa State Fair," according to the Tulsa County Sheriff Office's website.
article_snippet.sent: But Bates wasn't limited to crowd control at sporting events for the disabled.
article_snippet.sent: Bates had taken part in more than 100 operations with the violent crimes task force, according to Bates lawyer.  
article_snippet.sent: What was Bates, an insurance company CEO, doing there in the first place?
article_snippet.sent: It certainly looks like Bates was given special access to "real" policing.
article_snippet.sent: So it would be noteworthy if Bates ends up being convicted based on evidence provided by "sunglass cameras" that Harris may have purchased for the department.
article_snippet.sent: Maybe Bates could have been a reserve deputy without donating anything.
article_snippet.sent: Bates was too old to be policing the streets.
article_snippet.sent: Tulsa police said that Bates had served a year in 1964 as a police officer.