interrupters

Scott strengthened an existing program that deploys violence interrupters in some of Baltimore’s most dangerous neighborhoods.

Those characteristics include the same number of exons, which encode the protein, and phases of introns, which act as interrupters to stop or start splicing of the RNA molecules transcribed from the gene.

Mr. Muhammad said one nagging issue is that the local government does not get its violence interrupters to the right places.

It plans to train more community violence interrupters — those who are trained in conflict resolution and counseling and are deployed throughout the community and at events — and enroll more families to receive such counseling.

Tyrone Parker, executive director of the nonprofit Alliance of Concerned Men, said the District’s ecosystem of violence interrupters and other support programs aren’t collaborating with each other to squash the blood feuds.