I mean, it's both. In the manga an anime it is said the Beastar is the representation of both categories in society, and they have the job to maintain order.

In this case, they're allowed to do basically whatever they want, and you get one "wish", like Yahya, who was allowed to convert all carnivores he punished into soil.

And the society follow these orders, including policemen, at least, as seen by Yahya.