records shows bates had almost 300 showers of training since 2008. >> is he wellhe with well this excess of what you would anticipate someone would have meeting minimum requirements. >> reporter: but the sheriff acknowledged his office had not been able to find all of bates' gun certification records since the instructor no longer worked there. >> we can't find the records that she supposedly turned in. so we'll talk to her to find out if for sure he did qualify with those. >> reporter: now citing mull will tip he will mulltiple sources, super virz ors were ordered to falsify training records and some who refused were transferred. the report has not been verified for nbc news. a spokesman says we don't respond to rumor. >> he got the training was signed off. that's the way it went. >> reporter: bates is charged