Former LAPD Chief and California Senator Ed Davis: RIP

L.A. LEGEND: Ed Davis, pictured here in 1989, defied stereotypes by supporting environmental issues and gay rights when he was a Republican state senator.

Los Angeles Times: Former L.A. Police Chief Ed Davis Dies

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, has died. He was 89.

A Morro Bay area resident, Davis died about 7:15 p.m Saturday from complications of pneumonia. He was admitted to a 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.

Flap remembers Senator Davis attending many town hall meetings at the Conejo Valley Chamber of Commerce in Thousand Oaks. Always affable and direct, the Chief, was a political mentor of many Ventura County politicans, including his former chief of staff, State Senator Tom McClintock and former District Attorney Michael Bradbury.

The Ventura County Star has Ed Davis, former LAPD chief and Republican state senator, dies

Davis is survived by his wife, Bobbie; a son, Michael E. Davis, a Los Angeles County prosecutor; two daughters, Christine Ann Coey and Mary Ellen Burde; and several grandchildren.

Senator Rest in Peace……

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