KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- The Greater Kansas City Chamber of Commerce held a screening for the Kansas City PBS Documentary, 'A Tale of Three Cities: The Search for a KC Crime Fix.' In the documentary, the crime reduction plans of Kansas City, Kansas and Omaha, Nebraska were looked at as Kansas City, Missouri tries to reduce its violence rate. The Kansas City, Missouri Police Department says on October 15, 2023, there were 147 homicides. This year, there's been a reduction to just 121. Last year was the deadliest year on record in the city's history. KCPD Chief Stacey Graves was one of five panelists who talked after the documentary was shown. During the panel discussion, she hesitated to celebrate in a reduction of homicides so far for this year. Man charged in July deadly shooting, vehicle theft in Northland "Our non-fatal shootings are up," she said. "That is somewhat of a result of having some of those shootings where more than one victim is struck by violence." To expand on those numbers, in 2023, KCPD Public Information Officer Alayna Gonzalez says there were 406 living shooting victims from the beginning of the year to October 13. This year, the number's gone up to 493 over the same time period. After the panel discussion, FOX4 was able to interview Graves. We asked her whether she'd copy any of what the KCK Police Department's done, where their non-fatal shooting numbers actually went down from 2023 to 2024. "So, that's part of that focused deterrence. That is specifically focusing on those trigger pullers, people that are involved in violent crime," she said. "That is something that we've had here before, but it is a different model with SAVE KC. When you look at KC 360, that is modeled from Omaha. That is bringing the community and police together." Five days before the screening, Graves took part in a news conference with the city where they announced a new coalition called KC United for Public Safety. They released lofty goals like trying to return to fewer than 100 homicides on a yearly basis in KCMO. Another member of that coalition is KC Common Good, the local non-profit that set up KC 360. KC 360's trying to reduce gun violence. KC Common Good CEO Klassie Alcine was another member of the panel Tuesday. After the discussion we asked her about fundraising. "How much money do you think we're talking about?" we asked. "Billions. Billions," she replied. "Is that possible?" we followed up with. "100% possible," Alcine replied. "Other cities have done it. I mean, I think a lot of this talks about getting into the school systems, also empowering folks who are in that intervention space with economic empowerment and opportunities, but for sure, I think that this plan is going to need a lot of investment, but at the same time, you're talking about areas that have not been invested in for decades, so it's going to take a lot of money to fill in that gap." Download the FOX4 News app on iPhone and Android The area east of Troost where historic red lining has taken place was talked about Tuesday when it comes to disinvestment. Alcine pointed to Omaha, where the Empowerment Network there has helped drop the violent crime rate over the last nearly 20 years. Alcine said $1 billion has been invested into parts of that city, which has translated into economic impact.