The mass shooting at Tops on Jefferson Avenue in Buffalo last May not only shook the Queen City, but communities across New York state as well.

It also prompted a directive from Gov. Kathy Hochul to every county in the state to be prepared and help prevent future incidents from happening again.

"People are still afraid to go into a grocery story,” said Hochul. “This has affected them to the core. Not just the victim’s families who will take a lifetime to heal, but a whole community that was paralyzed."

Hochul issued Executive Order 18, and pledged $10 million, "directing every single county and the city of New York to develop plans and identify and confront the threats of domestic terrorism."

Chautauqua is one of those counties, led by Sheriff Jim Quattrone, tasked with developing a prevention plan to help combat acts of violent extremism.

"So, it is to prevent tragedy. And, or, do our best to prevent the tragedies," said Quattrone.

Under the plan, counties were required to assemble a threat assessment team, which Quattrone did, comprised of mental health, education and other law enforcement leaders.

Drafted and based, in part, on Monroe County's plan, Chautauqua's identifies the stakeholders and outlines how they'll respond, gather and share information to help protect the community in the event of an attack.

"I think from Chautauqua to Albany, Allegany, Cattaraugus, all of those counties, we all work well together,” Quattrone said.

That also includes Undersheriff Bradley Mazur from the Genesee County Sheriff's Office, who helped other leaders develop their own threat assessment management, or TAM team, also comprised of mental health, law enforcement, social service and education leaders to mitigate any type of domestic terrorism.

"We wanted to include every expert in the field,” said Mazur. “To develop a plan that if there was an individual that was on the pathway to violence, we'd be able to put those resources in action and stop any type of potential threat."

The team will continue to meet and inform the community how it can help prevent a mass tragedy.

"They may have firsthand knowledge. They see the signs. That you can reach out if there's an individual that they feel is on a pathway to violence to report it to a group of stakeholders that will intervene and put a plan in place,” he said.

Plans were due to the state Dec. 31 of last year.

Both Genesee's and Chautauqua's were submitted to the state on time and approved.