Golf tournament named after Gates
The Los Angeles Police Protective League (LAPPL) announced that its annual golf tournament has been renamed the Chief Daryl F. Gates Memorial Golf Tournament. The Los Angeles Police Protective League announced this weekend it is naming its annual golf tournament after former Chief Daryl F. Gates.
"Chief Gates was often described as a 'cop's cop,'" said LAPPL President Paul M. Weber. "He had a tough public demeanor, but he cared deeply about LAPD officers and their families, and supported them tirelessly.
"The LAPPL Board of Directors felt strongly it would be appropriate to rename our annual fund-raising golf tournament in his memory and we are pleased to do so."
The annual tournanmet begins MOnday at the Porter Valley Country Club in Northridge.
Gates, who was LAPD chief from 1978 to 1992, died April 16, 2010, at the age of 83.
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