Daryl Gates
Police Meritorious Unit Citation Police Meritorious Service Medal 1984 Summer Olympics Ribbon 1987 Papal Visit Ribbon 1992 Civil Disturbance Ribbon
Gates was born in Glendale, California, to a Mormon mother and a Catholic father on August 30, 1926 he was raised in his mothers faith. He grew up in Glendale and Highland Park, in the northeastern part of Los Angeles. The Great Depression had an impact on his early life his father was an alcoholic, and frequently ended up in the custody of the Glendale police. Gates later wrote that he had a low opinion of the police due to their rough treatment of his father, and at ageGates himself was arrested after punching an officer who manhandled his brother during a parking dispute .
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