LOCKPORT, N.Y. (WIVB)-- With tensions growing between police and communities across the nation, the Peacemakers are doing everything they can to repair the divide and "keep the peace."

"Sometimes a situation may happen people can be very hostile, in their emotions and not really thinking or not really knowing how to communicate at that moment and we can step in and be a reasonable voice and try to bring some calm. we can be that familiar face and have that relationship where we can calm them down and bring some understanding between the two parties, "said Ezra Scott J.R.