[Well, they could, but in the office there's little things like cameras, recording equipment, fellow Enma who actually care about things like legal rights...

But she does have another solution to Akira's current problem, at least indirectly.]

Well, technically- if it's a bakeneko, of course- it's currently guilty of resisting arrest and assaulting a deputized officer, which certainly won't do it any favors going forward. Much better to cooperate.

[She accompanies the implied threat with a venomous smile, and... well, the bakeneko seems to stop struggling.

Well, that was satisfying. She plucks the now much-less-unruly cat from his hands, and it slumps in defeat.]

That's better.