[Congressional Record Volume 162, Number 163 (Tuesday, November 15, 2016)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1473]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




              IN RECOGNITION OF OFFICER KEITH MELVIN GILES

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                         HON. DAVID G. VALADAO

                             of california

                    in the house of representatives

                       Tuesday, November 15, 2016

  Mr. VALADAO. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to commend the late Officer 
Keith Melvin Giles for his dedicated service to his community as a 
California Highway Patrol Officer.
  Officer Giles was born on July 21, 1940 in Tulare, California and 
later moved with his family to Corcoran where he graduated from 
Corcoran High School in 1957, and later College of the Sequoias. He 
attended Fresno State University and served in the United States Army 
from 1963 to 1965. Officer Giles married his wife Wilma, with whom he 
had three children.
  In recognition of his dedication to enforcing our laws, preventing 
crimes, and keeping his community safe, the Assembly of California 
State Legislature passed a resolution designating the interchange at 
State Routes 43 and 198 in Kings County as the CHP Officer Keith M. 
Giles Memorial Interchange.
  Prior to becoming a California Highway Patrol Officer, Officer Giles 
was an active member of his community and a farmer. Officer Giles 
graduated from the California Highway Patrol Academy and served the 
Santa Fe Springs Area for four years before he was tragically killed in 
the line of duty on August 25, 1974 during a routine traffic stop.
  Officer Giles was an exemplary and dedicated officer who was known 
for his love of law enforcement and his job, as well as his devotion to 
his loving family. His sacrifice in serving the California Highway 
Patrol and the citizens of California left a lasting impact on his 
community.
  Mr. Speaker, I ask my colleagues in the United States House of 
Representatives to join me in commending the late Officer Keith Melvin 
Giles on his dedicated service as a California Highway Patrol Officer.

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