Robin Scholz
Anthony Cobb, acting assistant chief of the Urbana Police Department, talks to attendees at a town meeting Sept. 6 at New Hope Church of God in Christ in Champaign held to discuss youth and police relations in Champaign-Urbana.
Anthony Cobb, who grew up in Champaign, said his mother's discipline at home was the biggest influence in his life, including how he works as a policeman.
"My mom didn't play," said Cobb, who was promoted a little more than a year ago to command the patrol division for the Urbana Police Department.
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