Daryl Gates
Daryl Francis Gates was an American police officer who served as chief of the Los Angeles Police Department from 1978 to 1992. His length of tenure in this position was second only to that of William H. Parker. Gates is credited with the creation of SWAT teams alongside fellow Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) officer John Nelson, who others claim was the originator of SWAT in 1965. Gates also co-founded the Drug Abuse Resistance Education program.
30 August 1926
Born on the same birth day (30 August): Antonio Cabangon-Chua • Antony Gormley • Barbara Ansell • Bhagwati Charan Verma • Carl Runge • David Maslanka • Félix Sánchez (hurdler) • John McNally (musician) • Lionel Murphy • Nancy Wake • Phil Mills • Ryan Ross • Scott Richmond • Theo van Doesburg • Wojciech Fibak • Éva Risztov
Born in the same month (August 1926): Betty Lynn • Buddy Greco • Clem Labine • Denis Atkinson • Donn Fendler • Eddie Little Sky • George Hauptfuhrer • Gordon Scott • Joe Jones (singer) • János Rózsás • Norman Wexler • Richard Anderson • Stan Freberg • Tony Bennett