Colorado state laws determine that records documenting municipal decisions like court documents, police arrest records, marriage certificates, traffic violations and more are open and offered to the populace, largely due to the Colorado’s Open Record Act of 1969. This law, itself based on the Freedom of Information Act at the country wide level, gives Vilas citizens with details concerning instances of governmental intervention, such as the addresses and names of those involved, the activities leading up an event, results and sentences handed down, and more. Vilass law enforcement and criminals are both held accountable because of the transparency afforded with this law, making Vilas, and by extension the united states, a more free and open society.