For months, Youngstown has been planning to utilize speed cameras in school zones to increase student's safety and they seem to be moving closer to the goal.

The city is looking to work with a speed enforcement company called Blue Line Solutions and if agreed upon by council, we could soon find cameras on poles and used manually by officers.

"We're working in communities where children have died," said Mark Hutchinson, Founder and CEO of Blue Line Solutions, "In most communities that we've implemented this program in, we haven't had any deaths and we've even be able to reduce the number of crashes and serious crashes as a result of the speeds going down," he said.

"Twenty miles an hour in a school zone while the kids are going to and from school, why would you be going faster," said Youngstown 6th Ward Councilwoman Anita Davis. "What, our little kids lives don't matter?" she said.

Parents tell 21 News they're hopeful the city will utilize these cameras because they're tired of "careless drivers," endangering their children.

"We got people today that they don't look at nor observe children crossing or playing," said local Youngstown Schools parent Joselito Figueroa. "And the kids get injured," he said.

"They be flying," said Frank Garcia, crossing guards supervisor at McGuffey Elementary School. "Instead of going 20 miles they be going 35 or 40 sometimes," he said.

City council is expected to vote on the cameras in their upcoming meeting on April 6th.

In the meantime, Councilwoman Davis has a message for the community, "slow down, that's it," she said. "If you don't want a ticket, slow down," Davis said.