MILWAUKEE, WI (METRO) – The top commander for the Wisconsin National Guard says his troops will not keep people in their homes.

Major General Paul Knapp over the weekend said the Guard is being deployed to help doctors and public health managers.

Knapp said troops will not take the place of local police, and/or enforce the governor’s orders for people to stay at home and stay away from certain businesses.

Knapp says people are spreading rumors about a troop-enforced lock down to ‘instill a sense of hysteria across the United States.