Tom Bradley (mayor)
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Thomas Bradley was an American politician, athlete, police officer, and lawyer who served as the 38th mayor of Los Angeles from 1973 to 1993. A member of the Democratic Party, he was Los Angeles' firs
Official portrait, 1986
Bradley with his wife and daughter, 1977.
Bradley with his wife after being elected to the City Council, 1963.
Bradley in an Elks Order publication, 1966
Daryl Gates
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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
Tom Bradley (mayor)
…for his hard work ethic. Bradley was re-elected by landslides in 1977, 1981, and 1985. Bradley's main political opponent as mayor was Chief of the LAPD Daryl Gates, and several Bradley budgets cut funding to the LAPD. Bradley was lauded for running the first profitable Summer Olympics in 1984. The Tom Bradley…
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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.