Smolen said Harris could hardly be combative since he was struggling with labored breathing and his hands were cuffed. "It's most likely the word 'combative' is being used because that's what they're being told by the Sheriff's Office," Smolen told the Tulsa World. "The other alternative is their use of the word combative is more a description of Mr. Harris struggling to get air and kind of writhing in pain from the gunshot wound." The Tulsa Police Department immediately sought to clarify their relationships with both Bates and Clark. "Robert Bates has no current affiliation with the Tulsa Police Department and has not had any in 50 years," TPD said in a press release. "Additionally, Mr. Jim Clark, a consultant for the Tulsa County Sheriff, does not represent the Tulsa Police Department nor has the Tulsa Police Department conducted an assessment of this incident." Later that week, "The Tulsa World" reported supervisors at the Tulsa County Sheriff's Office were ordered to falsify Deputy Bates' training records. Sheriff's spokesman Shannon Clark later said the documents wouldn't matter because Bates, a major donor to Sheriff Glanz's re-election, was granted special exceptions. The sheriff's deputy that certified Bates has moved on to work for the Secret Service, Sheriff Stanley Glanz said during an interview with a radio station, while the Maricopa County Sheriff's Office denied providing Bates with the training he claimed. Chief Glanz resigned as a result of the scandal around Bates' lack of qualification. In 2016 he pled guilty for failing to release information that showed the department knew Bates to be unqualified. He was sentenced to one year in jail, and the sentence was suspended. On April 14, 2015, Bates was charged with second-degree manslaughter. He turned himself in at the Tulsa County Jail, where he was released on the same day by posting $25,000 bail. The charge of second-degree manslaughter carried a maximum of four years in prison. Bates pleaded not guilty on April 21. On 28 April 2016, Bates was found guilty of manslaughter. Based on the jury's recommendation, he was sentenced to four years in prison. Bates was released from prison on 19 October 2017 after serving 37% of his sentence, including jail time. In January 2018, Bob Bates was photographed apparently drinking alcohol at a bar in contravention of the conditions of his parole from prison. His bar receipt was also photographed. In March 2018, Tulsa County agreed to pay the family of Eric Harris six million dollars as a final settlement of a federal lawsuit.