Colorado state regulations dictate that records recording municipal actions such as court documents, police arrest records, marriage licenses, vehicular transgressions and more are open and accessible to the populace, largely as a result of the Colorado’s Open Record Act of 1969. This law, itself in accordance with the Freedom of Information Act at the national level, gives Hotchkiss citizens with specifics concerning cases of governmental intervention, including the names and addresses of those involved, the events leading up an event, effects and sentences handed down, and more. Hotchkiss is devoted to promoting a free and open culture, and embraces these laws and regulations, offering its residents the resources they need to hold both regulators and criminals similarly responsible for their behaviour.