(Sherman, IL) — A battalion chief with the Springfield Fire Department is looking at possible charges for threatening a police officer. Police in Sherman, say they arrested Battalion Chief Chad Bates on Monday. Investigators say Bates told one officer that he’d fight him if he weren’t ‘hiding behind that badge.’ Bates went to jail on obstructing a peace officer and intimidation charges. Springfield’s fire chief says the city is handling Bates’ arrest as a personnel matter.