Curfews: A New Crime-Fighting Tool - Yahoo! News

Curfews: A New Crime-Fighting Tool - Yahoo! News: "Curfews: A New Crime-Fighting Tool By JAMES MCKINNEY
Thu Sep 11, 6:45 PM ET

For much of the latter part of summer, police officers in Helena, Arkansas, shouldered military-style M-16 rifles equipped with laser sights and patrolled the streets of this little community of 15,000. White signs on large blue barrels were placed in a 10-block area, warning that it was under 24-hour curfew. 'Everybody is subject to being stopped and questioned,' said Mayor James Valley. 'Our officers will ride in unmarked vehicles, pull surprises on people and check everybody out to see who they are.'"