Behind the Badge
Anaheim police are Showstoppers for girl who lost her father
0Nine-year-old Riley Giles was waiting for awards to be announced after performing in the 2019 Showstopper dance competition in Anaheim. While she might have been expecting to receive an award for dancing, she was not expecting 14 Anaheim police officers to be waiting for her with a special surprise. Riley’s mother was in the crowd supporting her, but someone else was missing — her father. Riley’s dad, Johnathan (Jon) Giles, was a corporal at the Lemoore Police Department when he took his own life on November 7 last year, leaving behind his wife, son, and Riley. “In law enforcement there’s…
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