Daryl Gates, American police officer, created the D.A.R.E. Program (died 2010)

Daryl Francis Gates was an American police officer who served as chief of the Los Angeles Police Department from 1978 to 1992. His length of tenure in this position was second only to that of William H. Parker. Gates is often credited with the creation of police SWAT teams, and also co-founded the Drug Abuse Resistance Education ("D.A.R.E.") program.

Drug Abuse Resistance Education, or D.A.R.E., is an education program aimed to prevent the misuse of controlled drugs, membership in gangs, and violent behavior. It was founded in Los Angeles in 1983 as a joint initiative of then-LAPD chief Daryl Gates and the Los Angeles Unified School District. Its goal was to reduce the demand for illicit drugs as part of the broader American War on Drugs.