MOUNT DORA, Fla. — As the new school year continues, law enforcement agencies around Central Florida are coming up with solutions to crack down on the dangerous driving around schools.

City of Mount Dora council members discussed implementing school zone speed cameras at their meeting Tuesday, looking to follow the lead of neighboring city Eustis.

"The Mount Dora City Council was receptive to this concept, so we will proceed with an Ordinance establishing details of this program and a public awareness campaign," a spokesperson for the city said in a statement Tuesday.

The Eustis Police Department was the first agency in the state to implement speed enforcement cameras in school zones.

“We all speed. Trust me, we’re all human. But speeding in a school zone is unacceptable,” said Eustis Police Chief Craig Capri. “There’s zero tolerance for that. The margin for error can result in tragedy.”

The first camera went up earlier this year and since then, Eustis Police has sent over 1,300 citations.

“A lot of citations were issued, a lot of people speeding in these school zones,” said Capri. “It’s unacceptable. We have to do something about it. I think we’ve put the right pieces in place, that this school year the numbers will go down.”

With the success of Eustis’ program, other agencies in Lake County have followed suit.

At the start of the school year, Leesburg Police put up school zone speed cameras and now Mount Dora may be added to the list.

Capri hopes everyone in Florida implements a similar program.

“I think we’ve come up with a great plan. We’ve been doing this over a year,” he said. “Now we want to share it with other law enforcement agencies around the state. I’ve had several of them contact me. I think it’s a good thing you’re going to save lives with this program at the end of the day,” said Capri.

Capri said all the money from the fines go back into school safety programs.