hide caption. As fortifications inside such houses grew increasingly elaborate in the 1980s, it became more dangerous and more futile to use the hand-held entry tools we customarily employed. Los Angeles police chief Daryl Gates, along with Mayor Tom Bradley, answers questions about the violence that broke out on April 30, 1992. April 30, 1991 12 AM PT HEAD COPS: These are tough times to be a top cop named Gates. Sheriff Gates Will Bow Out, Sources Say - Los Angeles Times Even with the setbacks, Domanick sees overall progress. "[7], Gates was born in Glendale, California, to a Mormon mother and a Catholic father on August 30, 1926;[8] he was raised in his mother's faith. Gates did well on promotion exams, and rose quickly, rejoining Parker as his executive officer when he reached lieutenant. . DEA's Ted Hunter and Police Chief Daryl Gates display 1700 pounds of cocaine and $750,000 in cash at a Central Division press conference. - Los Angeles Police Department", Daryl Gates, the Ruthless L.A. Police Chief Who Ran an International Spying Operation on the Side, "Gates returns to police-immigration fray", Want to Understand the 1992 LA Riots? Lowell Gates, the 48-year-old son of former Los Angeles Police Chief Daryl F. Gates, was arrested Sunday on several drug charges, authorities said. There was an active effort to recruit beyond the previous white male standard. Officers stopped King after a high-speed chase that ended in Lake View Terrace. In 1991, the videotaped beating of King was replayed around the world, shattering the carefully nurtured myth that the LAPD of "Dragnet" fame -- professional, honest and humane -- never stooped to such behavior. DARYL GATES - The L.A. Riots: 15 Years After Rodney King - TIME Former Washington Post reporter and Ronald Reagan biographer Lou Cannon spent more than 700 pages detailing the case in his book, Official Negligence: How Rodney King and the Riots Changed Los Angeles and the LAPD, in my view the definitive history of that time in Los Angeles history.