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Josh Shapiro: “Violent crime is down 12% [in Pennsylvania].”

Featuring: Josh Shapiro, Democratic | Governor of Pennsylvania

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Working in partnership, Jen, here in Pennsylvania, I made a commitment to hire 2000 more law enforcement officers. We're at about 1900. We're going to eclipse that 2000 figure. And we work with our community organizations. And Jen, Violent crime is down 12% [in Pennsylvania]. Gun violence is down 42%. What we're doing here is working. We don't want the Trump administration, the Trump Vance administration to be sending people here against the will of … (06:04–06:07)

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