In Albany Tuesday night, community members appeared — once again — to talk about ways to keep their neighborhoods safer.

Following Monday night's homicide of 20-year-old Kenneth Love — the second homicide of the year — community organizers, residents, and officers met to work on solutions. The Albany Police Department laid out their suggestions and the community laid out theirs.

“Where’s the community grass roots approach in this,” said one resident.

The death of Kenneth Love shifted the focus of violence in Albany to that of the youth, at least according to Albany Police Chief Eric Hawkins.

“We have to come together to give our young people tools to escape this sort of violence,” Hawkins said.

Love was fatally shot in the West Hill area of Albany.

“A lot of times when these young people experience that trauma, they are more susceptible to becoming victims or perpetrators of violence so the stakes are really high,” Hawkins said.

Hawkins suggested lowering the enrollment age for youth cadet programs and to instill outreach to victims or witnesses to violence. Some residents did not agree.

“So you can't stereotype because I’m a felon, or now someone who is a felon, they are going to have the same behavior I once had. So, I disagree with him on that,” said Tare Cobbins, KATAL community organizer.

Community advocates say trust issues among law enforcement and some residents can often perpetuate the cycle of violence.

“If there is distrust in your community, you're not going to be cooperative with the police or go to them when you need help,” said Dr. Alice Green, executive director of the Center for Law and Justice, a civil rights organization.

Some residents suggested police use resources that already have roots in the community.

“The only change can come from community organizing. That's one of the things the Albany police department can do is funnel in the resources to give to the people that have been in this community for years doing that work," Cobbins said.