Claim: Award-winning Daryl Francis Gates served in LAPD for 23 years.
Evidence: 1949–1992 Los Angeles Police Department 
Gates joined the LAPD on September 16, 1949. Daryl Gates (born Darrel Francis Gates; August 30, 1926 – April 16, 2010) was the Chief of the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) from 1978 to 1992.