LAKELAND, Fla. (WFLA) -- Police acknowledge it takes drivers some time to adjust from summertime to school time.

For that reason, Lakeland police officers will be out in “full force” when school starts for all Polk County students next week.

"I'm scared, obviously, that people just don't care about any life, even kids,” said Cristaly Reyes, who lives across from an elementary school in Lakeland.

She said she witnesses people speeding through the school zone, even with a speed hump, all the time.

"Actually when they take the bump, they can even fly. Obviously I'm scared because there's nothing that will stop them from going to my house because my house is right on the corner,” said Reyes.

Lakeland police officers know people speed.

“This is the car coming at us right now,” said Sgt. D

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