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A Milwaukee task force to figure how to divert 911 calls away from police will begin its work in earnest in the new year, city officials say.
The Milwaukee Police Department Diversion Task Force has a new name — the Community Intervention Task Force — and more detail in its mission statement.
“I feel like we are getting our bearings right now, which is critical because we can’t have a cracked foundation while trying to do such heavy work,” Ald. Chantia Lewis, who led the creation of the task force, said in an interview…
