thread in how the police departments deal with situations when they come up about whether they close ranks or whether they re open to scrutiny? absolutely it s about excessive force. we understand that the problems that we see, like i said they re systemic. when i say top down i m talking about the chief of police. he understood what this man s situation was before he allowed him to go out into the field with these deputies on this sting operation. and then to hear that he s deputy of the year are you kidding me? he s deputy of the year because he s the sugar daddy for that police department. and i just think it s terrible. and then i understand that initially there was going to be no review of this program. how many other pay to play deputies are out there. how many other volunteer deputies are out there that are unqualified and are daily jeopardizing the lives of the real police officers as well as putting the community in harm s
in pain while the officers continue to restrain him. stop fighting. there are plenty of questions about how this 73-year-old bates could end up on an operation of this high risk. many wonder if bates close relationship with the sheriff led to this assignment. over the years, robert bates has donated several vehicles including a dodge charger, a crown victoria and a toyota avalon along with video equipment and $2500 donations to the sheriff s re-election campaign. they have taken the fact that this man has been good to the community and has been ben evlnt to the community and a great citizen for our town and made it something bad or sinister. that s the unfortunate thing. his lawyer talked about bates emotions about the shooting that has this sheriff s office defending his use of volunteer deputies. obviously, he is very upset about what happened. he feels badly.