{"id":529937,"date":"2010-04-16T13:43:44","date_gmt":"2010-04-16T17:43:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.szone.us\/f80\/former-lapd-chief-daryl-f-gates-dies-83-a-42433\/"},"modified":"2010-04-16T13:43:44","modified_gmt":"2010-04-16T17:43:44","slug":"former-lapd-chief-daryl-f-gates-dies-at-83","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/529937","title":{"rendered":"Former LAPD Chief Daryl F. Gates Dies at 83"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>04.16.10 07:03 AM<br \/>\n<b><i>Los Angeles:<\/i><\/b>&#0160; Daryl F. Gates died today at 83 years of  age after a short battle with cancer.&#0160; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.lapdonline.org\/chiefs_of_the_los_angeles_police_department\/content_basic_view\/1114\" >The  49th Chief of the Los Angeles Police Department <\/a>passed away at his  Newport Beach home with his loved ones at his bedside.<\/p>\n<p>LAPD Chief of Police Charlie Beck eulogized, \u0093Daryl Francis Gates was a  one-in-a-million human being.&#0160; He inspired others to succeed and, in  doing so, changed the landscape of law enforcement around the world.\u0094&#0160;&#0160; &#0160;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.lapdonline.org\/assets\/news%20releases\/gatescolorportrait.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/>Born August 30,  1926, Gates grew up in Glendale and the Highland Park Area of Los  Angeles.&#0160; After graduating from high school, he joined the United States  Navy.&#0160; Except for his two-year tour in the Navy, Gates was a lifelong  resident of Southern California.&#0160; He attended and later earned degrees  from the University of Southern California. &#0160;<\/p>\n<p>Gates Joined the Los Angeles Police Department on Sept. 16, 1949 and  rose through the ranks to become the 49th Chief of the Los Angeles  Police Department.&#0160; Gates served as the Chief from March 1978 until his  retirement in 1992. &#0160;<\/p>\n<p>Chief Gates accomplished great things in both good and difficult  economic times.&#0160; And the successes of several major programs and events  in the City of Los Angeles and around the world, especially the Los  Angeles 1984 Summer Games, have their roots in the leadership  achievements of Daryl Gates.&#0160;&#0160;&#0160;&#0160;&#0160;&#0160;&#0160;&#0160;&#0160;&#0160;&#0160;&#0160;&#0160;&#0160;&#0160;&#0160; &#0160;<\/p>\n<p>Chief Gates is survived by his long-time companion, his brother Retired  LAPD Captain Steven Gates and his two children.&#0160; A media advisory will  be issued when details about a memorial service are finalized.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/lapdblog.typepad.com\/lapd_blog\/2010\/04\/former-lapd-chief-daryl-f-gates-dies-at-83.html\" >LAPD News and Information &#8230;<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>04.16.10 07:03 AM Los Angeles:&#0160; Daryl F. Gates died today at 83 years of age after a short battle with cancer.&#0160; The 49th Chief of the Los Angeles Police Department passed away at his Newport Beach home with his loved ones at his bedside. LAPD Chief of Police Charlie Beck eulogized, \u0093Daryl Francis Gates was [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4524,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-529937","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/529937","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4524"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=529937"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/529937\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=529937"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=529937"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=529937"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}