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We were the finest. We were the best in the world. We were a department that people came from all over the world to study, to look at, to see how we accomplished so much with so little; and we did.

~Daryl Gates

Topics: Accomplished Best Came Department Did Finest How Little Look Much Over People See Study Were World

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It was a department where you had honesty and integrity stamped right on you when you came into the Los Angeles Police Department. If you violated that, or if you were a dishonest cop, you were terrible. We got rid of you as quickly as possible.

~Daryl Gates

Topics: Angeles Came Cop Department Dishonest Got Had Honesty Integrity Los Los Angeles Police Possible Quickly Rid Right Stamped Terrible Violated Were Where You

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No police department should hire more quickly than they can assimilate the people that they bring in, and we did. I take responsibility for it. It was the first opportunity I had to hire, and I wanted to do it, and I take responsibility.

~Daryl Gates

Topics: Assimilate Bring Department Did First Had Hire More Opportunity People Police Quickly Responsibility Should Take Than Wanted

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They have the ability to take a person's freedom from them. On certain situations, they have the ability to take a person's reputation. And under certain circumstances, they have the authority to take a person's life.

~Daryl Gates

Topics: Ability Authority Certain Circumstances Freedom Freedom From Life Person Reputation Situations Take Them

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Our people went out every single night trying to stop crime before it happened, trying to take people off the street that they believed were involved in crime. That made us a very aggressive, proactive police department.

~Daryl Gates

Topics: Aggressive Before Believed Crime Department Every Every Single Night Happened Involved Made Night Off Our Our People Out People Police Proactive Single Single Night Stop Street Take Trying Us Very Were

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No one knew what Rodney King had done beforehand to be stopped. No one realized that he was a parolee and that he was violating his parole. No one knew any of those things. All they saw was this grainy film and police officers hitting him over the head.

~Daryl Gates

Topics: Any Beforehand Done Film Had He Head Him His Hitting King Knew Officers Over Parole Police Police Officers Realized Saw Stopped Things Those Violating

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Casual drug users should be taken out and shot.

~Daryl Gates

Topics: Casual Out Shot Should Taken Users

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Public Servant

Born: August 30th, 1926

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