investigators. mr. bates has already been charged with second degree manslaughter. in a written statement to police obtained by the tulsa world newspaper and shared with us here at the last word, mr. bates says i have attended numerous schools and seminars related to drug investigations and the tactical operations associated with the apprehension of suspects involved in drug trafficking. i have also attended a five-day homicide investigation school in dallas, texas, as well as received training by the maricopa county arizona sheriff s department on response to active shooters. today the tulsa world revealed that there is no record of mr. bates receiving any training by the maricopa county arizona sheriff s department as his statement to police investigators claims. lisa allen, chief media relations office for the sheriff s office said they had no record of mr. bates attending their training.
i have also attended a five-day homicide investigation school in dallas, texas, as well as received training by the maricopa county, arizona sheriff s department on response to active shooters. today the tulsa world revealed that there is no record of mr. bates receiving any training by the maricopa county, arizona sheriff s department as his statement to police investigators claims. lisa allen, chief media relations office for the sheriff s office said they had no record of mr. bates attending their training. in fact, allen said that will training is only available to members of the maricopa county sheriff s office, meaning bates would not have been eligible. we don t allow out-of-state people to take the class she said. joining us now is ziva branstetter the enterprise editor at the tulsa world who contributed to the report.