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Daryl Francis Gates was an American police officer who served as chief of the Los Angeles Police Department from 1978 to 1992. His length of tenure in this position was second only to that of William
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Gates with his wife, Sima, after being sworn in as Los Angeles Police Chief, 1978.
Gates (center) with Governor George Deukmejian and County Sheriff Sherman Block, 1986.
William Henry Parker III was an American law enforcement officer who was Chief of the Los Angeles Police Department from 1950 until his death in 1966. To date, he is the longest-serving LAPD police ch
Daryl Gates
…officer who served as chief of the Los Angeles Police Department from 1978 to 1992. His length of tenure in this position was second only to that of William H. Parker. Gates is often credited with the creation of police SWAT teams and also co-founded the Drug Abuse Resistance Education ("D.A.R.E.") program. After the…
Parker in 1965