Trivia

Was the chauffeur of legendary LAPD chief William H.Parker during the sixties.

Was the founder of the first Special Weapons And Tactics unit.

Was the founder of the D.A.R.E (Drug Abuse Resistance Education) program.

From September 1949 until June 1992, he was a member of the Los Angeles Police Department. From 1978 to June 1992, he was Police Chief of the Los Angeles Police Department.

Although Gates was nominally hired as the "author" of Police Quest: Open Season (1993), the game was chiefly written and designed by Tammy Dargan, a Sierra producer formerly of the television show America's Most Wanted. Gates gave her script notes and the two would toss the existing series fiction, and ground it in the gritty, violent Los Angeles that Gates knew.

(1978 - 1992) Chief of Police, Los Angeles

During his chief period, Gates was responsible of the creation of the anti-gang unit C.R.A.S.H. ( Community Resources Against Street Hoodlums ).

Famous crime writer James Ellroy described Gates as a modern-day vampire in his novels "Blood on the Moon", "Because of the Night" and "Suicide Hill".

Was constantly attacked by several L.A. rappers through their lyrics.

Was forced to retire in the aftermath of the 1992 L.A. riots due to the Rodney King verdict.

He studied at Pasadena City College and earned a Bachelor's Degree from University of Southern California in Los Angeles.

In 1943, he enlisted in the United States Navy and served aboard the destroyer, Ault, in the South China Sea.

He is survived by his two daughters, Kathy Gates Parricone and Debby Gates Ladesma; and son, Lowell Gates; and a brother, Steve Gates of Los Angeles, California. He is survived by grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.

When "Police Quest: Open Season" was in development. Jim Walls left the project and Daryl Gates stepped in to the Sierra Online company to help create "Police Quest: Open Season" a PC game released in 1993 which was darker and gritter than Police Quest I, II, III. Daryl Gates even made a cameo in "Police Quest: Open Season" as Detective Carey meets him while on the elevator, on one of the floors of the LAPD department.