High-profile arrests create breathing space, but sustained security comes from intelligence networks, swift justice, and economic alternatives for at-risk youths. Communities should formalise vigilante groups under police oversight, adopt neighbourhood watch rosters, and maintain incident logs that feed into divisional intelligence. States can support with toll-free hotlines, safe-witness mechanisms, and quick compensation for victims to reduce reprisals. Cases must move faster — when suspects vanish into endless adjournments, communities lose faith. Also, address the supply side: illegal arms routes, motorcycle banditry economies, and mining rackets. Without choking the money flows, arrests look like headlines. Security is a chain; no single link is enough.