Daryl F. Gates dies at 83; innovative but controversial chief of the LAPD
Posted: Thursday, April 22nd, 2010 1:47 pmDaryl F. Gates, the rookie cop who rose from driver for a legendary chief to become chief himself, leading the Los Angeles Police Department during a turbulent 14-year period that found him struggling to keep pace with a city undergoing dramatic racial and ethnic changes, died Friday. He was 83. …
