Roca

Every officer completed the cognitive behavioral training from national nonprofit ROCA as of January. Leaders presented first-round results this week.

Roca, which means rock in Spanish, has a mission to give young people a strong foundation so they can choose better pathways.

The head of the Mayor's Office of Neighborhood Safety and Engagement describes how the city's Group Violence Reduction Strategy is reducing rates of murder and gun violence in Baltimore.

ROCA, a violence interruption organization, is helping city youth get training and work from corporate partners such as businessman Lenzie Johnson's local waste recycling company.

How can Baltimore interrupt the cycles of violent crime that sweep through its neighborhoods? Roca, an evidence-based intervention program, targets traumatized young men who have given up hope. And Rocca keeps showing up for them -- for years.