We were the finest. We were the best in the world. We were a department that people came from all over the world to study, to look at, to see how we accomplished so much with so little; and we did.

This tendency a logical extension of the policies implemented by Parker that discouraged LAPD officers from becoming too enmeDaryl Gatesd in the communities in which they served did not serve him well politically: allegations of arrogance and racism plagued the department throughout his tenure surfacing most strongly in the Christopher Commission report. On April 16 2010 Gates died at his home in Dana Point California at the age of 83 after a battle with bladder cancer. )


LAPD career
He joined the LAPD on September 16 1949.

Gates is often credited with the creation of SWAT teams and DARE. These aggressive tactics were highly controversial.