Issue:
In our world, there has been an increase in the amount of vigilantes and non-powered individuals. They all seem to think the rules and laws don’t apply to them. Vigilantism is illegal; and yet, numerous persons, individuals, and groups take matters into their own hands. With all these vigilantes running around helping law enforcement or acting as first responders under their own jurisdiction, there is an increased number of unchecked power that comes with this.
Solution:
The solution to this unchecked power is an act of legislation called the Vigilante Registration & Operations Act. This act will become the governing body for how vigilantes are treated and ingrained into our society.
Overview of the Vigilante Registration & Operations Act (VROA):
Below are the regulations of the Vigilante Registration & Operations Act:
- Any vigilante who agrees to sign must register with the United States government, as well as their city’s police department, and provide biometric data such as fingerprints and DNA samples.
- Those with secret identities must reveal their legal names and true identities to the United States government and their city’s police department.
- Those with advanced weapons or technology must wear tracking bracelets at all times.
- Any vigilante who signs is prohibited from taking action in their own country and city unless they are first given clearance by either that country’s government or by their city’s police department.
- Governments and police departments are forbidden from deploying vigilantes within their own national/local borders unless those individuals are given clearance as described above. The same rule also applies to non-government organizations that operate on a national/local scale.
- Any vigilantes who do not sign will not be allowed to take part in any police, military, or espionage activities, or to otherwise participate in any national or local conflict, even in their own country.
- As a corollary, they will not be allowed to participate in any active missions undertaken by private or governmental law enforcement/military/intelligence organizations.
- Any vigilantes who endanger people, or are otherwise deemed to be a threat to the safety of the general public, may be detained indefinitely without trial.
- If a vigilante violates the VROA, or obstructs the actions of those enforcing the VRA, they may likewise be arrested and detained indefinitely without trial.
- The use of technology to aid in vigilantism is strictly regulated, as is the use and distribution of highly advanced suits and weaponry.
- The creation of vehicles for vigilantism is extremely prohibited.
- Any teams consisting of vigilantes for first response, law enforcement, espionage, intelligence, military, or other vigilante purposes are prohibited unless authorized and supervised by the United States government and/or their city’s police department.
For the purposes of the VROA, a “super powered individual” is defined as any person, individual, or group of individuals who take the law into their own hands to fight crime, patrol, solve mysteries, etc. This includes individuals who utilize the highly advanced technology to aid them as vigilantes.
Conclusion:
In accordance with the Vigilante Registration & Operations Act for the document at hand, I hereby certify that the below mentioned participants, persons, and individuals, shall no longer operate freely or unregulated, but instead operate under the rules, ordinances and governances of the aforementioned United States government and/or their city’s police department, acting only when and if that government/department deems it appropriate and/or necessary.
