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Charles Gain
Gain c. 1975
Born(1923-11-01)November 1, 1923
DiedAugust 21, 2018(2018-08-21) (aged 94)
Police career
Department San Francisco Police Department
RankChief (1975–1980)

Charles Gain (November 1, 1923 – August 21, 2018) was an American police official, who served first as police chief for Oakland, California, then as chief in San Francisco in the 1970s. [1] [2] He was born in Hanford, California. [3]

In 1975, Gain was appointed to run the San Francisco Police Department by Mayor George Moscone and served until 1980. [4] After Gain began implementing reforms, such as switching police cars from their traditional black and white paint scheme to baby blue, [5] the Police Officers Association held a no-confidence vote on him. [6] After Moscone was assassinated in 1978, the union was influential in engineering Gain's replacement after the resulting White Night riots. [7] He died from respiratory failure in August 2018 at the age of 94. [8]

References

  1. ^ Garvey, John (2004). San Francisco Police Department. Arcadia Publishing. p. 100. ISBN  9780738528984.
  2. ^ Turner, Wallace (December 24, 1979). "Ex‐Police Chief Speaks in Pride Of Coast Career". New York Times. Retrieved 2018-08-16.
  3. ^ Turner Publishing Co (2005). Oakland Police Department: A Tradition of Excellence. Turner Publishing Company. p. 39. ISBN  9781596520646. Retrieved 2015-08-27.
  4. ^ "Chief search turns SFPD inside out". The San Francisco Examiner. Archived from the original on 2018-08-16. Retrieved 2018-08-16.
  5. ^ "Mayor picks Arizona chief as S.F. top cop". sfgate.com. 17 June 2009. Retrieved 2015-08-27.
  6. ^ "Postwar Era". www.sfmuseum.net. Retrieved 2018-08-16.
  7. ^ "San Francisco / Police Chief | Vanderbilt Television News Archive". tvnews.vanderbilt.edu. Retrieved 2018-08-16.
  8. ^ Charles Gain, controversial S.F. police chief during turbulent ‘70s, dies