"Such policies depend on the level of crime in a region. For example, private citizens cannot take the law into their own hands under any circumstances in peaceful regions such as the Core, but in regions such as The Imperial Rim, where our forces are constantly engaged in anti-piracy operations, private citizens can perform tasks as auxiliaries to local police and military units by acting as reconnisance and temporarily joining official ranks if they possess legal military-grade weaponry that was purchased at their own expense. These 'militiamen', as they are sometimes referred as, fulfill a task in exchange for payment. However, the practice is not so widespread as to justify your bounty hunters to expand into our borders, I am afraid"