04-13-2015, 11:18 PM
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Does anyone here want to play cop and get invovled in under cover detective work?
If so, just "donate" to your local Polce Department. 
Did deputy in Tulsa shooting pay to play a cop? - CNN.com
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Robert Bates was a volunteer deputy who'd never led an arrest for the Tulsa County Sheriff's Office.
So how did the 73-year-old insurance company CEO end up joining a sting operation this month that ended when he pulled out his handgun and killed suspect Eric Harris instead of stunning him with a Taser?
A lawyer representing the Harris family says the answer is simple.
Bates paid big money to play a cop in his spare time, attorney Daniel Smolen says, but he didn't have the training to handle the job.
It's a claim that Bates' attorney and the Sheriff's Office deny, arguing that he was experienced and qualified for the role. His donations of equipment to the Tulsa County Sheriff's Office and his friendship with Sheriff Stanley Glanz, they say, have nothing to do with the April 2 shooting.
But as Bates faces a second-degree manslaughter charge, analysts say the case raises serious questions about who's policing America's streets, how and why.
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