Former Los Angeles Police Chief Daryl F. Gates has died of bladder cancer at his home in Dana Point, California. He was 83.
Gates served as LAPD police chief from 1978 to 1992, following the L.A. Riots in the aftermath of the Rodney King acquittals.
Gates is credited for the creation of LAPD's S.W.A.T. unit.
Following his retirement, he had is own talk show on KFI-AM.
Liberals didn't like Gates much, but I thought he was a superb police chief.
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