ANTIOCH, Calif. (KRON) -- Antioch police say foot patrols are back to help combat a recent surge in gun violence. As KRON4 has reported, gang-related shootings have continued along the city's troubled Sycamore Corridor. A single mother in Antioch spoke with us through her front door, afraid to show her face. "It's kind of scary over here, honestly. It is. It's very scary. I've been here for nine years -- it hasn't got this bad up until recently," said the mother who did not give her name for fear of gang-retaliation. "I'm afraid to walk to the stores. I don't like walking around in the area, because, you know, they're not picking people -- they're picking random people. They're just shooting everywhere," she said. Dog shot and killed by SF police following attack on smaller dog More than a dozen gang-related shootings were reported at or near Sycamore Square in the month following Labor Day. Four shootings were reported in the area in the week leading up to Veteran's Day. "I'm moving. And, a lot of other people is moving away from here, too. So, I don't know," said a neighbor named Keshdog. In response to the violence along Sycamore Drive, the Antioch Police Department is adding foot patrols to the area in addition to patrol cars. Police say officers will walk the neighborhood daily at random times to maximize their effectiveness. In a statement to KRON4, Interim Chief Brian Addington said: "The foot patrols are part of our proactive approach to reduce violence and ensuring the safety of our residents. As our staffing levels continue to increase, we are able to add proactive measures like this." "They should have been did that. They just now doing it? What that gone do now?" asked Keshdog. "Is it goin' stop the crime? Is it goin' stop them from shooting around here? Is our kids going to be able to come out and play?" "It's the highest priority that we have right now," said Antioch Mayor-elect Ron Bernal. "We've got to make sure that our city is safe and especially a neighborhood like Sycamore." Earlier this week, Mayor-elect Bernal shared his support for Councilmember Tamisha Torres-Walker's proposed police substation at Sycamore Square, which the city council later agreed to explore. The council has also approved funding double-time for officers to work extra shifts in crime ridden areas. That is in addition to signing off on a half-million dollars in funding earlier this year to bring outside law enforcement agencies into town to help get a grip on crime hotspots. "The police officers that are in that neighborhood are developing relationships and building trust," said Bernal. "That's the most important thing, because the neighborhood has to believe that the police are there to help them and that we need to all do that together." But as Keshdog does her laundry early in the day to avoid the trouble that often shows up at Sycamore Square later on, she says trust between police and the community is lacking following the racist text messaging and corruption scandal that crippled the police force. "You see how the police down here in Antioch was calling us, what? Gorillas? They had the little racial thing going on. So, how can we trust the police?" she asked, incredulously. Time will tell.