interrupter

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“If all the violence interrupter is doing is canvassing the neighborhood three times a week, that’s not going to be enough. There needs to be more of a person-specific strategy,” Mr. Muhammad told The Times.

From Washington Times • Dec. 31, 2023

Towers, who works as a violence interrupter, said he and his colleagues face significant challenges in building trust with these communities.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 20, 2022

Three people with knowledge of the incident said one of the surviving victims from the O Street shooting is a violence interrupter who works as part of the attorney general’s office’s Cure the Streets program.

From Washington Post • Aug. 25, 2022

“Email has become the biggest and worst interrupter the universe has ever experienced,” says Egan, a workplace productivity coach and author of “Inbox Detox and the Habit of E-mail Excellence.”

From Seattle Times • Sep. 16, 2021

The third class of interrupter may be called the motor interrupter, of which a large number have been invented in recent years.

From Hertzian Wave Wireless Telegraphy by Fleming, John Ambrose