Go home, or go to jail. Those are the options for people of one Arkansas city.

The Helena, Arkansas City Council cleared the way for police to patrol the whole city as part of a 24 hour curfew.

Officers with military rifles are walking the streets stopping and questioning passers-by.

They're hoping to cut back on crime.

Police were keeping an eye on a 10 block area, but last night council expanded that to the whole city.

Since last week police made 32 arrests.

Some residents say it's keeping the neighborhood safe. Others say the curfew makes them feel like a prisoner in their own home.

"You never know where a bullet is going to go, who's house it's going to hit and sleeping on the floor because you don't know where a bullet is going to go...it might be in my house so I commend the Police Department," said resident Martha Coleman.

"It's been like Jail - Jail - You can't come out your own home - you can't go to the store without being questioned and harassed," said James Valley who’s a resident of Helena.

The mayor said several shootings in the past couple weeks prompted the curfew.

If residents are caught outside their home without a good excuse they're going to jail. However police haven't made any curfew related arrests yet.