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CTA to pilot two ambassador models — customer-service and crisis-response — as board seeks clearer goals

5340739 · July 8, 2025
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Acting CTA President Nora Lierz told the board July 9 that CTA will pilot two non-law-enforcement ambassador models — an internal customer-service pilot and an externally sourced crisis-response pilot — to test alternatives to policing on the system.

Acting CTA President Nora Lierz told the board on July 9 that the authority will pilot two non-law-enforcement ambassador models on CTA: an internally staffed customer-experience safety ambassador and a community-based crisis-response model that CTA will seek via an RFP.

Lierz said the pilots are a response to long-standing public interest in adding non-law-enforcement resources to CTA service. She said CTA will pilot both approaches to learn what works: a…

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