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Tough Talking Chief Reshaped LAPD [Ed Davis Dead At 89]
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| Last Edited | RMF Apr 23, 2006 10:09pm |
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| Media | Newspaper - Los Angeles Times |
| News Date | Monday, April 24, 2006 04:00:00 AM UTC0:0 |
| Description | Ed Davis, the flamboyant and innovative former Los Angeles police chief who later defied stereotypes by supporting environmental issues and gay rights when he was a Republican state senator, died Saturday. He was 89.
A Morro Bay-area resident, Davis died about 7:15 p.m from complications of pneumonia. He was admitted to Sierra Vista Regional Medical Center in the San Luis Obispo area earlier this month when his wife, Bobbie, was unable to wake him up one morning.
Davis, who was chief of the Los Angeles Police Department from 1969 to 1978, gained notoriety for his many controversial public utterances, including his method for dealing with hijackers: Give them a trial, then "hang 'em at the airport."
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