Josh Shapiro

Well, first off, if you want to have safe communities, you've got to build trust between law enforcement and the people that they serve and protect.

I made a commitment as governor to hire 2,000 police officers and invest hundreds of millions of dollars in violence prevention initiatives to create more trust between the community and law enforcement.

And it's working.

We've nearly hired all 2,000.

I think we're at 1,900.

We'll surpass that number.

Violent crime is down 12% in Pennsylvania.

Fatal gun violence is down 43% in Pennsylvania.

What we're doing is working.

When Donald Trump deploys, whether it's the National Guard or ICE, into a community where a mayor or a governor does not want them there, he immediately erodes the trust that exists in a community.

And instead of making communities safer, which is what they claim they want to do, they actually create danger in a community.

You saw that with the loss of life of Renee Good.

And so to me, this is about community safety, public safety, first and foremost.

And this president is eroding that trust.

From my vantage point as a governor, what can I do?

Number one, where they deploy troops against the law, I will take them to court to stop them.

I've been very vocal about

not letting the president take the Pennsylvania National Guard away from my command and deploy it for other purposes.

And so far, we've been successful at that.

Second, we have strong law enforcement, obviously through Pennsylvania State Police, but also with our municipal police departments that we coordinate closely with.