The United States implemented the Freedom of Information Act in 1966, ushering in a new era of government visibility, and New Mexico followed suit by releasing their own Inspection of Public Records Act, enabling people of El Cerro Mission to get records kept by their municipal government. This information contain names, dates, particulars on cases, sentences, procedures and much more, and are also all presumed public unless otherwise stated. Both law enforcement and criminals can be held responsible for their conduct as a consequence of these laws, which provide the citizenry with the resources they will need to examine concerns outside of their governing administration.