Vigilantism

a vigilante from the video game Watch Dogs.

     Private citizens assisting the law? Doesn't that seem redundant? If someone was good enough to even be known as a "vigilante" why isn't the government picking these guys up like hotcakes? A similar problem with the F.B.I explains why. Hackers are a dime a dozen. The average ones follow the law and abide within legal jurisdiction. Prodigy hackers are informal, pirating movies, stealing cash electronically, and even smoking marijuana.

     The F.B.I has had to come down to it and end up hiring them anyways and voiding the laws so they could get hackers. Unfortunately, this isn't the case with the police departments; at least as it seems. Vigilantes choose harsher forms of work to accomplish the same job, but quicker and cheaper. The one problem is safety.

     These vigilantes risk their life much more than the average undercover cop does, using homemade gear not fully tested and having rigorous actions not used by the cops. These edgier tactics break the line from hiring these men. An adding factor also includes the vigilantes thinking of the force as incompetent. Joining the police force would just stunt their work down to what the police officers are already doing unless he had some real negotiation with the Chief of Police.

     Well, at least we know they are doing their jobs well. A good vigilante is never spotted or revealed. Have you seen that vigilante from the news? Of course not.