*(Via CBS News) – CBS News has learned that a 2009 investigation by the Tulsa Sheriff’s Office concluded that there were concerns over Robert Bates‘ behavior in the field. Bates, a 73-year-old reserve ...

Luton portrayed Bates as a reserve — or volunteer — deputy who called the operation’s commander the night before to get an assignment for which he wasn’t prepared. Not only did Luton question Bates’ ...

Robert Bates, a 74-year-old volunteer reserve sheriff’s deputy in Oklahoma, fatally shot Eric Harris, a 44-year-old unarmed man, who was on the ground and subdued by other police officers last year.

Former reserve Deputy Robert Bates decided against a trip to the Bahamas and instead spent a couple of days at his Florida home after a storm of public scorn engulfed him, his attorney said Tuesday.

The plot continues to thicken regarding just how experienced Robert Bates—the Oklahoma reserve officer who accidentally killed an unarmed man, Eric Harris, earlier this month—really is. According to ...