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Police Commission
Scolds Gates for His
Remarks on Council
By JACK JONES. Times Staff Writer
Police Chief Daryl F. Gates was reprimanded by the Police Commission
on Tuesday for "Intemperate remarks" he mude lust June when he Implied
that certain Los Angeles City Council members ask lhe police for
"Inappropriate" favors.
In a one-page statement released
by the commissioners afler a
closed-door session, Gales apologized, saying he now recognizes
that "these remarks were ill considered."
Notice of the reprimand by the
commission and the chief's apology
came at the end of a prolonged
inquiry that the commissioners said
produced no "factual basis for the
allegations" made by Gates on June
22.
In the prepared statement, Gates
said that he had made the remark
"In the midst of a healed debate
over a proposed Charter amendment," and added, "I would like to
stale that at no time has any
member of the City Council requested that I do anything that I
consider to be illegal or indicative
of malfeasance in office."
'I Am Sorry'
If any council member or citizens
of Los Angeles "Interpreted my
remarks as impugning the Integrity
of members of the City Council," he
said, "1 am sorry and apologize."
Copies of the Joint statement
were handed to reporters at Parker
Center by police spokesman Cmdr.
William Booth, who said that there
would be no further comment from
the department.
Nor was there any Immediate
comment from Mayor Tom Bradley. Tom Sullivan, his press secretary, said, "Since Chief Gates
couldn't back up the remarks he
made about the council, the commission took the correct action In
reprimanding him. And lt waa
appropriate that Gates apologized
for his rash comments."
Only three City Council mem
bers were reachable Tuesday evening and only two of them had
anything to say on the subject.*
Peggy Stevenson said she was
"glad" that Gates had apologized
and indicated that she hopes that
his words would now put the
dispute to rest. Ernanl Bernard!
would say only, "His (Gates') re-
riesse see REPRIMAND, Page 2
spouse said It all. He apologized and
wc should let it go at that."
The council member who
seemed angriest afler Gates' blast
was Bradley ally David Cunningham, who declared that the chief
ought to resign because he had
"lied In the line of duty." Cunningham could not be reached Tuesday.
What triggered the furor was the
City Council's decision to place
before the voters Charter Amendment U, a measure Increasing the
city's control over department
heads—including Gates. The chief
reacted sharply, threatening lo
campaign on his own time in the
district of each council member
who had voted for the change "to
let the people know" that the new
8yslcm could produce undue political Influence on the police and all
other city departments. Gales said
the move to put the measure on the
ballot was a "blatant power play"
by Bradley and his council allies.
If the measure is approved by the
voters next Tuesday, any city department head can be fired, suspended or be given a salary cut by
the mayor with majority council
approval, or by the council alone on
a two-thirds vote. (Similar measures have been rejected by voters
In the past.)
An infuriated Gates charged that
what the council members wanted
was to be "little monarchs, in their
little fiefdoms." He added, "It is
arrogance—I mean total arrogance—to keep shoving this back
to the voters of the city."
Gates then said he was going to
"rummage around ln my mind" for
occasions upon which council
members had asked police to do "all
kinds of things thai are Inappropriate."
In quick order, Cunningham said
Gales should quit and Bradley
asked the Police Commission to
begin an inquiry. Cunningham
called Gates' remarks "the most
dastardly, disconcerting deed he
could commit, to cast aspersions on
the council without any concrete
evidence."
And newly appointed Police
Commissioner Barbara Schlei, an
attorney, referred to the chiefs
comments as a "shame for the
entire city." She said his words
were "grossly Improper" and accused him of possessing an "unbridled lack of self discipline."
Within days, Gatea backed away
from his comments a bit. observing
that "all of us aay things in anger
which I think perhaps were not
what we should have aald." . ^jiMr
Object Description
| Title | Correspondence: complaints against LAPD, 1978-1991 |
| Description | Newspaper clippings (Los Angeles Times, L.A. Weekly, Los Angeles Daily News, New York Times, Sentinel) and magazine articles (U.S. News & World Report, Newsweek) documenting Los Angeles Police Department misconduct under Chief Daryl F. Gates, 1978-1991, compiled by Irving Kessler and Lynn F. Kessler. Includes: Introduction, Contents, Excessive force, Rodney King, Mexican nationality, Civil rights, Property, Silence, Discrimination, Accountability, Gates intolerance, Recommendations. PART OF A SERIES: Materials in the series fall into one of several categories related to the Independent Commission's work product: (1) Commission meeting materials, which include meeting agendas, work plans, memoranda, and articles about police misconduct that were circulated and reviewed during the Commission's internal meetings; (2) public correspondence, which includes citizen complaints against the LAPD in the form of written testimony, articles, and an audio cassette tape, as well as letters drafted by citizens in support of the LAPD; (3) summaries of interviews held with LAPD officers regarding Departmental procedures and relations; (4) public meeting materials, which include transcripts, supplementary documents, and witness statements that were reviewed at the Commission's public meetings; (5) press releases related to the formation and work product of the Commission; and (6) miscellaneous materials reviewed by the Commission during its study, including LAPD personnel and training manuals, a memorandum of understanding, and messages from the LAPD's Mobile Digital Terminal (MDT) system. |
| Coverage date | 1978/1991 |
| Creator |
Kessler, Irving, compiler Kessler, Lynn F., compiler |
| Publisher (of the original version) | Los Angeles Times; L.A. Weekly; U.S. News & World Report; Los Angeles Daily News; New York Times; Newsweek; Sentinel |
| Place of publication (of the original version) | Los Angeles, California, USA; Washington, DC, USA; New York, New York, USA |
| Publisher (of the digital version) | University of Southern California |
| Date created | 1991 |
| Date issued | 1978/1991 |
| Type |
texts images |
| Format | 368 p. |
| Format (aat) |
clippings (information artifacts) articles summaries |
| Format (imt) | application/pdf |
| Language | English |
| Contributing entity | University of Southern California |
| Part of collection | Independent Commission on the Los Angeles Police Department, 1991 |
| Series | Independent Commission File List |
| File | Complaints, suggestions, and support |
| Box and folder | box 23, folders 7-9 |
| Provenance | The collection was given to the University of Southern California on July 31, 1991. |
| Rights | This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Manuscripts Librarian. Permission for publication is given on behalf of Special Collections as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained. |
| Physical access | Contact: Special Collections, Doheny Memorial Library, Libraries, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0189; specol@dots.usc.edu |
| Repository name | USC Libraries Special Collections |
| Repository address | Doheny Memorial Library, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0189 |
| Repository email | specol@dots.usc.edu |
| Filename | indep-box23-07_09 |
Description
| Title | Correspondence: complaints against LAPD, 1978-1991, p. 337 |
| Format (imt) | image/tiff |
| Physical access | Contact: Special Collections, Doheny Memorial Library, Libraries, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0189; specol@dots.usc.edu |
| Full text | Police Commission Scolds Gates for His Remarks on Council By JACK JONES. Times Staff Writer Police Chief Daryl F. Gates was reprimanded by the Police Commission on Tuesday for "Intemperate remarks" he mude lust June when he Implied that certain Los Angeles City Council members ask lhe police for "Inappropriate" favors. In a one-page statement released by the commissioners afler a closed-door session, Gales apologized, saying he now recognizes that "these remarks were ill considered." Notice of the reprimand by the commission and the chief's apology came at the end of a prolonged inquiry that the commissioners said produced no "factual basis for the allegations" made by Gates on June 22. In the prepared statement, Gates said that he had made the remark "In the midst of a healed debate over a proposed Charter amendment," and added, "I would like to stale that at no time has any member of the City Council requested that I do anything that I consider to be illegal or indicative of malfeasance in office." 'I Am Sorry' If any council member or citizens of Los Angeles "Interpreted my remarks as impugning the Integrity of members of the City Council," he said, "1 am sorry and apologize." Copies of the Joint statement were handed to reporters at Parker Center by police spokesman Cmdr. William Booth, who said that there would be no further comment from the department. Nor was there any Immediate comment from Mayor Tom Bradley. Tom Sullivan, his press secretary, said, "Since Chief Gates couldn't back up the remarks he made about the council, the commission took the correct action In reprimanding him. And lt waa appropriate that Gates apologized for his rash comments." Only three City Council mem bers were reachable Tuesday evening and only two of them had anything to say on the subject.* Peggy Stevenson said she was "glad" that Gates had apologized and indicated that she hopes that his words would now put the dispute to rest. Ernanl Bernard! would say only, "His (Gates') re- riesse see REPRIMAND, Page 2 spouse said It all. He apologized and wc should let it go at that." The council member who seemed angriest afler Gates' blast was Bradley ally David Cunningham, who declared that the chief ought to resign because he had "lied In the line of duty." Cunningham could not be reached Tuesday. What triggered the furor was the City Council's decision to place before the voters Charter Amendment U, a measure Increasing the city's control over department heads—including Gates. The chief reacted sharply, threatening lo campaign on his own time in the district of each council member who had voted for the change "to let the people know" that the new 8yslcm could produce undue political Influence on the police and all other city departments. Gales said the move to put the measure on the ballot was a "blatant power play" by Bradley and his council allies. If the measure is approved by the voters next Tuesday, any city department head can be fired, suspended or be given a salary cut by the mayor with majority council approval, or by the council alone on a two-thirds vote. (Similar measures have been rejected by voters In the past.) An infuriated Gates charged that what the council members wanted was to be "little monarchs, in their little fiefdoms." He added, "It is arrogance—I mean total arrogance—to keep shoving this back to the voters of the city." Gates then said he was going to "rummage around ln my mind" for occasions upon which council members had asked police to do "all kinds of things thai are Inappropriate." In quick order, Cunningham said Gales should quit and Bradley asked the Police Commission to begin an inquiry. Cunningham called Gates' remarks "the most dastardly, disconcerting deed he could commit, to cast aspersions on the council without any concrete evidence." And newly appointed Police Commissioner Barbara Schlei, an attorney, referred to the chiefs comments as a "shame for the entire city." She said his words were "grossly Improper" and accused him of possessing an "unbridled lack of self discipline." Within days, Gatea backed away from his comments a bit. observing that "all of us aay things in anger which I think perhaps were not what we should have aald." . ^jiMr |
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