Little bit.

[ Though Emerald prefers it if people shut up altogether most of the time, but she won't say that. ]

The Guardians kind of decide.. well, who needs protection within the city, and how that protection is going to roll out. Some Guardians try to focus on low-income neighborhoods, or like in Everglade the focus has been on monsters not getting hunted. They're the good guys who decide what being a good guy means.

[ Look, she's trying to answer properly. ]