South Dakota state guidelines dictate that records showing municipal decisions including court documents, police arrest records, marriage certificates, vehicular violations and more are open and accessible to the populace, largely as a result of the South Dakota Open Meetings Law. This law, itself based on the Freedom of Information Act at the country wide level, gives Hetland residents with details relating to cases of governmental intervention, such as the addresses and names of those involved, the situations leading up an event, results and sentences handed down, and more. Hetland is committed to promoting a free and open community, and embraces these laws and regulations, offering its residents the resources they require to hold both law enforcement and criminals similarly liable for their practices.