NIAGARA FALLS, N.Y. — The neighborhood near 19^th Street in Niagara Falls is one with lots of activity.

“This tends to be a neighborhood where there tends to be a lot of things going on:  people hanging on corners, up the street a couple of shootings so this tends to be a troubled corridor," said Niagara County Legislator Owen Steed.

With the violence summer he's seen just down the 190 in Buffalo, he’s worried it could happen here.

"Well, Niagara Falls doesn't want to have the trouble that Buffalo is having,” he said. “We decided Peacemakers would get ahead of the problems that are happening.”

With the help of Buffalo Peacemakers and Niagara Falls City councilmember Ezra Scott, Niagara Falls launched its own Peacemakers chapter in June.

Peacemakers is a comprised of about 50 volunteers who go through at-risk neighborhoods talking with residents to help prevent conflicts.

"We have canvassed the 19th street area of Niagara Falls from Pine Avenue to Cudaback Avenue, that's a hot spot. We've been at the Cornerstone community, we've actually had presence in the Centercourt area," said Peacemaker Donte Myles.

Kenneth Rafter believes Peacemakers can help reach young people on the streets before they get into trouble.

"I believe being out there seeing the things, youth needing to speak to someone, not always someone in an authority position, or somebody that's going to pass judgement, but somebody they can speak to that they can see on the same level as them,” Rafter said. “It may be easier to speak to someone, let them know about things that are happening.”

Myles says patrolling some areas hasn't been without bumps. He says the group still has to earn the trust and respect of the community and once that's achieved he believes the group will be able to make a difference.    

"The Peacemaker goal is to be the vehicle for the city to empower the city to be able to engage and police its own neighborhoods, and to prevent things from happening, prevent situations before they occur," he said.