Parker had said she'd consider bringing National Guard to Kensington. But that requires the governor's approval, and Shapiro said Tuesday “that’s not something I’m contemplating at this time.”
”The governor made his position clear,” she said. “We will sit down at the table and we will do what we’ve always done, which is figure out a way ”
Parker said on the campaign trail last month that the National Guard would be “a part of the solution” toBut any deployment of the Guard requires approval from the governor, and on Tuesday, Shapiro told reporters that sending the Guard to Kensington is “not something I’m contemplating at this time.
She said that, for example, she’d also be open to additional assistance from state and federal partners, including State Police and the Drug Enforcement Administration.
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