Life As A NSW Police Officer
Riley and Wood, his olympic double sculls rowing partner, met in the NSW Police Force which Riley had been a member since 1943.
As a young police officer, Riley met with, and was mentored by, unscrupulous senior officers like Ray "Gunner" Kelly and Fred Krahe.
By the early 1950s Riley was associating with members of criminal networks, which included Ray Smith, a poker machine distributor, and Lennie McPherson, a Sydney gangster. Because of these associations, Riley was subject to disciplinary charges and resigned from the force in 1962.
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