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MILWAUKEE (CBS 58) - Milwaukee Mayor Cavalier Johnson held a press conference on Friday morning, Aug. 8, to announce new ways the city and MPD are looking to limit the recent downtown violence.

“The problems that have occurred stem from a minority of people,” Johnson said. “Just a few people who are looking for trouble and that tends to be later at night.”

Johnson and MPD announced that the department will be using a mobile booking facility downtown going forward to keep more officers on scene.

“They’re going to work to make sure that we have the adequate strength that we have here and then also work with other law enforcement agencies in order to make sure that officers can stay on the beat downtown and in the surrounding areas as well,” Johnson said.

Johnson also announced th

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