RALEIGH, N.C. -- The Raleigh Police Department is getting serious about eliminating gun violence in town.

• Their ultimate goal is to decrease gun crime by 10 percent by next June.
• The plan relies on three things: better policing, better training, and better relationships between police and the community.
• Chief Deck-Brown said it is going to take the community's trust to make the plan work.

Chief Cassandra Deck-Brown showed the department's "Firearm Violence Reduction Strategy" to Raleigh City Council on Tuesday. Their ultimate goal is to decrease gun crime by 10 percent by next June.

"Our young people between the ages 18 and 24, 18 and 25, are either the suspects or the victims," said Deck-Brown. "That's concerning."

Deck-Brown says the plan relies on three things: better policing, better training, and better relationships between police and the community.

"Raleigh is no different than what we're seeing across the country, but we're trying to look at it in a different, more strategic way in trying to address this," said Deck-Brown.

However, some community advocates worried that the new strategy will end up as empty promises.

"What she just said had no meaning and no depth," said Geraldine Alshamy of Mary Magdalene Ministries. "We've heard the same things over and over again. We are confronted with the same issues in our community all the time and they are never addressed.​"

Deck-Brown said it is going to take the community's trust to make the plan work.

"What I hope is for the empowerment of the community," said Deck-Brown. "I hope they feel confident enough to reach out and share information."