Freedom soon for ex-Tulsa reserve deputy who killed suspect

[Judi Lynn]

Source: Associated Press


Updated 4:55 pm, Friday, August 25, 2017


TULSA, Okla. (AP) — Oklahoma corrections officials say a former Tulsa County volunteer sheriff's deputy sentenced to four years in prison in the fatal shooting of an unarmed and restrained suspect will likely be released from custody in mid-October.

Department of Corrections spokesman Mark Myers said Friday 76-year-old Robert Bates' projected release date is Oct. 13. Corrections officials say offenders accumulate credits toward early release through good behavior and participation in certain programs.

The former reserve deputy shot Eric Harris on April 2, 2015, while working with Tulsa County deputies during an illegal gun sales sting. Bates said he mistook his handgun for his stun gun.

Bates was convicted in April 2016 of second degree-manslaughter in the case and sentenced to four years in prison. He has appealed his conviction.

Read more: http://www.chron.com/news/crime/article/Freedom-soon-for-ex-Tulsa-reserve-deputy-who-11961287.php

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Not going anywhere, the late victim, Eric Harris, 44 years old.

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Oklahoma deputy charged in suspect's shooting death
By ASSOCIATED PRESS
PUBLISHED: 18:44 EDT, 13 April 2015 | UPDATED: 18:45 EDT, 13 April 2015


In Oklahoma, reservists are required to complete 240 hours of basic training on subjects like civil and criminal law, traffic enforcement, investigations, firearms and defensive tactics. That is a fraction of the training required of regular officers, who must undergo 640 hours.

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Bates, who was briefly a full-time officer with the Tulsa Police Department from 1964 to 1965, is now an insurance executive who updates his certification every year and has completed more than the state-required hours, said Tulsa County sheriff's spokesman Shannon Clark.

Bates was acting in a support role during the April 2 sting operation and does not typically confront suspects, Clark said.

Tulsa County Sheriff Stanley Glanz has described Bates as a personal friend, and records show he has been a generous donor to the department since he became a reserve deputy in 2008.

More:
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/wires/ap/article-3037589/Oklahoma-deputy-charged-suspects-shooting-death.html

[safeinOhio]

1. No guns for life for bad cop, but

OK to have donuts.

[Runningdawg]

2. I guess the next thing

would be to hire back all the deputies that were fired in the fallout from this case. Betty Shelby for police commissioner?

[Lokilooney]

3. I remember this case

It was almost criminal negligence for the department to let a 73 year old dress up and play cop. It vary's from person to person but the cognitive abilities start to go around that age and some people become very confused and flustered under duress. I almost kind of feel bad for him in the way you do when someone gets hurt doing something they shouldn't be doing because a person who should have known better allowed them to.