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Parker</a>, putting him in a politically advantageous position that led to rapid promotion through the ranks. Police Chief from 1978 until his retirement in 1992, under pressure for the LAPD's handling of the videotaped <a href="/people/595/000025520/">Rodney King</a> beating and the riots that followed the acquittals of the officers involved. As Chief, Gates developed the nation's first police paramilitary Special Weapons And Tactics (SWAT) squads, and played a lead role in development of the Drug Abuse Resistance Education (DARE) cops-in-schools program.<p><b>Father:</b> Paul Gates (plumber)<br><b>Mother:</b> Arvilla<br><b>Brother:</b> Stephen<br><b>Brother:</b> Lowell<br><b>Wife:</b> Wanda Hawkins (div. 1968)<br><b>Daughter:</b> Debby Ladesma<br><b>Daughter:</b> Kathy Perricone<br><b>Son:</b> Lowell Scott Gates ("Scott")<br><b>Wife:</b> Sima Lalich (flight attendant, div. 1994)<br><p> High School: Franklin High School, Highland Park, CA (1944)<br> University: <a href="/edu/265/000082019/">Pasadena City College (transferred)</a><br> University: <a href="/edu/515/000068311/">University of Southern California</a><br><p> <a href="/gov/632/000119275/">California State Official</a> Chief of Police, Los Angeles (1978-92)<br> <a href="/company/675/000057504/">Sierra Entertainment</a> <br> <a href="/org/662/000134260/">D.A.R.E.</a> <br> <a href="/honors/114/000104799/">Ig Nobel Prize</a> Peace (1992)<br> Risk Factors: <a href="/lists/798/000180258/">Bladder Cancer</a><br> <p> <font size=-2 face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">FILMOGRAPHY AS ACTOR</font><br> <a href="/films/457/000169947/">Street Kings (10-Apr-2008)</a> <br> <a href="/films/080/000089810/">Heidi Fleiss: Hollywood Madam (27-Dec-1995)</a> · Himself<br><p> <b>Author of books:</b><br> <i>Chief: My Life in the LAPD</i> (<tt>1992</tt>, memoir)<br><p> <br> <p> <table> <tr> <td align=right valign=middle style="padding-right: 5px;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 22px; font-style: italic; color: #ff3333;">New!</span><br> <a href="http://mapper.nndb.com/" class="fotmlink" style="font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 10px; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; color: #dd0000;">NNDB MAPPER</a></td> <td valign=middle align=right style="border-left: 1px solid #bbb; padding-left: 5px;">Create a map starting with</td> <td valign=middle align=right><a href="http://mapper.nndb.com/start/?id=23121"><img src="/man.gif" border=0 style="padding: 2px;"></a></td> <td align=left valign=middle> <a href="http://mapper.nndb.com/start/?id=23121">Daryl Gates</a></td> </tr> </table> <font face="Trebuchet MS, arial, helvetica, sans-serif" size="-2">Requires Flash 7+ and Javascript.</font> <br><br><p> <font size=-1>Do you know something we don't?</font><br> <font size=-1><a href="http://commentary.nndb.com/submit/feedback/?id=23121" rel="nofollow">Submit a correction or make a comment about this profile</a></font><br> <p> <br><br><p><font size=-1>Copyright ©2019 Soylent Communications</font><p> </td></tr></table> </td></tr> </table> </td> <td width=180 align="center" valign="top" style="padding: 0px 0px 8px 25px;"></td></tr> </table> </center> </body> </html>