Law enforcement agencies across the southeast are gearing up to put the brakes on high-speed drivers. The second annual "Operation Southern Shield" is set to kick off Monday in Tennessee, Georgia, Alabama, Florida and South Carolina.

The goal of the operation, which lasts through Sunday, July 22, is to reduce crashes, fatalities and injuries by cracking down on speeding drivers.

In Tennessee, more than 9,100 citations were issued during the 2017 operation. 5,500 of those were for speeding.