New Mexico’s Inspection of Public Records Act assures its locals the ability to seek out, obtain, and make use of records kept by authorities, which includes arrest records, court records, marriage and divorce certificates, and records of traffic violations, and this privilege extends to the people of Mesquite. All relevant details about the multitude of happenings of police officers, city and county courts, and local government are within these records, and are presumed public unless formally redacted. Both law enforcement and offenders can be held responsible because of their choices as a consequence of these laws, which provide the citizenry with the tools they will need to analyze issues separate from their governing administration.