About three months ago, the Save On Market at the corner of Willow St and Knollwood Avenue was robbed.

"After we closed at 3:30 a.m. someone broke the door and tried to rob stuff," Sunny Singh, a market employee, said.

The Lansing Police installed a security camera across the street shortly after.

"We're happy with the cameras, no crime since the cameras," Singh said.

But Captain Ray Hall said even with the new camera, crime persists.

"We're still seeing some low-level drug activity," Hall said.

So they're adding more even protection to the neighborhood in the form of community police officer Tony Sandoval.

"I'll be riding my bicycle around maybe some foot patrols on nice days," Sandoval said. "I will be just making new relationships around the community."

A picnic Tuesday was a chance to introduce Sandoval to the neighborhood and put a face to a name.

"The key component to reducing crime in any area is getting good folks coming out and getting to know each other," Hall said.

The picnic was a success,,, but will the new community program be as well?

"I have five small children and it would make me feel safer as a mother to know that somebody was patrolling the area," Resident Angela Ayala said.

"It's always good to have a police officer in the neighborhood, it makes people feel more comfortable," Walter Brown said.

Brown, president of the Knollwood-Willow neighborhood association, supports new foot patrols, but not the new security cameras.

"Those cameras are not going to stop anyone from doing anything they are committed to doing," he said.

That may be up for debate,,, but Sandoval said he's up for the job.