What Cambridge s Public Safety Task Force hopes to accomplish
Maxwell Bevington
Wicked Local
At 5:30 a.m. on a recent rainy Wednesday morning, Councilor Marc McGovern’s doorbell rang. A homeless man was at his doorstep, soaked, and looking for someone to help him find a place to stay. Shelters were at capacity.
McGovern said the only thing he could do is call the police department, but the man said he did not want police involvement and left to find shelter elsewhere. If only there had been another service to call, McGovern said.
This is the sort of situation the new Public Safety Task Force is hoping to address. Appointed Jan. 7 by City Manager Louis DePasquale, the task force has 14 members not including co-chairs McGovern and Councilor E. Denise Simmons who live and work in Cambridge.
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People who knew Rosalyn Howard were praising her dedication to her church and love of life on Monday, even as more details emerged about her Saturday afternoon stabbing death.
Police were dispatched to Howardâs home at 3516 Rosemont Ave. about 5:24 p.m., and on arrival found that Howard had been stabbed. Emergency medical workers said Howard died at her home. She was 68 and lived alone.
Howardâs son, Jacob Christian Jones, 33, was arrested in Pineville outside Charlotte early Sunday morning. Jones has been charged with murder and armed robbery in the death of Howard in Winston-Salem.
Howard is the aunt of former Wake Forest University basketball player Josh Howard, who played professionally for the Dallas Mavericks and who is now head coach at University of North Texas Dallas. Rosalyn Howard is also connected through marriage to Forsyth County Sheriff Bobby Kimbrough.
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