Yes this is exactly what I mean. Institutions like police, school, street cleaners and other public service are definitely helpful. But it would be stupid to think it is enough when only they are responsible for everything. We can not all close our eyes, not listen and not speak when we see bad behavior.

Referring to the incredible speech by Jesse Jackson:

"I am somebody!", means I can act and take responsibility. Institutions will be there to back me up. When the other person does get furious and violent, I can and should ask for help. This can be the next person or can be the police. But far more likely the other person who litters their trash to the street actually knows their behavior is wrong. So telling them will might help them to walk the extra mile to the next public trash next time.

I learned this once when a friend at a open-air festival came back from the toilets. He entered the toilet, when someone left and he found everything covered in shit. So he approached the person to clean the toilet.

Since when he would not, he would have to use a shitty toilet or clean it himself. There I thought, that this story line adapts to so many situations in live. We see that someone does wrong. So approaching the person and request to clean up actually helps.