Con Riley is a veteran officer on the Bayport Police Department, and one of Bayport's finest. He is a friend of Frank and Joe Hardy., and although he often tries to get the Hardy boys to give-up cases that Chief Collig does not want them working on, he often ends-up lending them a hand. Riley's former partner on the BPD, Stan Williams, was killed in a shootout with Leonard Mock.Years the death of Williams encounters Bobby Mock, the son of Williams's murderer.