A teacher said he was destined for failure. Now heâs a police chief with a PhD
Anthony Roberson understands the power of positive relationships and wants his officers in Central Falls, Rhode Island, to forge them with the people they serve.
By Amanda Milkovits Globe Staff,Updated May 6, 2021, 7:30 a.m.
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âAs a law enforcement officer, you go into a variety of situations, all the way from homicide to minor disturbances. When you go in there with education, you go in there with solutions available to you,â says Anthony Roberson, the new chief in Central Falls and a former Providence police officer.Lane Turner/Globe Staff
What Happened with COVID-19 in Central Falls?
How a tiny New England mill city, and a family who calls it home, endures the long shadow of the coronavirus pandemic.
December 10, 2020
Photo illustration by Dana Smith
Three past-due bills, $85 each: That’s what Floridalma gets to worry about today. It’s a good thing, a sign of progress. It means her family’s fundamental needs health, food, shelter have been met for the moment.
On this day, a wet, warm, transitional one as summer blends to fall, Floridalma and her ten-year-old son, Alexis clad in green-rimmed eyeglasses and a face mask decorated with trucks bound down the steps from their first-floor apartment and head to nearby Jenks Park. They pass an oval-shaped patch of dusty earth flanked by three play structures and follow the path toward Cogswell Tower, a stunning century-old monument with four clock faces looming over every corner of Central Falls.