The Outer Authorities. The dome that the city here edges up against is controlled by them, and they're both paranoid and violent regarding anything they perceive as a threat to the dome. This can include stray large animals or simply walking too close to it, but they've also conducted punitive raids on the population here, if they think there's even a hint of them organizing resistance.

The last one was after someone made an, um, unguarded suggestion on a public post on the network.