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[General Superheroes] I've come into some Mid-tier superpowers and I've decided to moonlight as a superhero. How do I structure my vigilante activities so that I'm legally in the clear?

There are other capes out there, but I'd be the first one around here . I'm inhumanly tough, strong, and fast, but not to the point that the cops couldn't take me down if they decided they really wanted to. So I'm interested in knowing how to go about this in a legally unimpeachable manner. I feel like good Samitarian laws cover stuff like muggings and general rescue work, but staking out suspected hideouts feels iffier. Where is the line drawn?

I'm also concerned about chain of evidence, fruit of the poisoned tree, and so forth- if I tackle bigger crime rings, how do I ensure that the tied up thugs are actually prosecutable?

 Lastly, If it's impossible to be an effective cape without crossing legal lines, what are some good strategies to make it *too much trouble* for the cops to bring the hammer down? Either PR strategies, or cracks in police protocol I could slip through?

Thanks!
gpt
No one-size-fits-all answer exists to this question.

Discuss with a local lawyer with expertise in this area.  Different nations,  jurisdictions, and time periods will handle this differently, as well as different universes.