Wisconsin state laws stipulate that records revealing public actions such as court documents, arrest records, marriage licenses, vehicular infractions and more are open and available to the general public, largely due to the Wisconsin Open Records Law, which commemorated its centennial anniversary in 2017. All crucial specifics on the many happenings of law enforcement, city courts, and local government are contained in these records, and generally are deemed public unless officially redacted. These laws and regulations offer the people of America, and Hammond, the power to study and realize their legal rights, the precedents that led to those rights, and whenever those rights are infringed on, which in turn results in a more free and open society for everyone.