Overview
- Stacy Garrity, who notified state police Thursday by letter, refused to issue warrants for $1,072,795 tied to security work at Gov. Josh Shapiro’s private residence.
- She said state law does not authorize taxpayer spending on improvements to private property without explicit approval, unlike the appropriated work at the state-owned residence.
- State police hired the contractors and said they are exploring ways to ensure the vendors are paid and to protect the agency’s authority.
- Shapiro’s spokesperson called the move an unprecedented political act and said the work followed the April 2025 firebombing that left the Governor’s Residence uninhabitable for months.
- Garrity said the options are a new budget appropriation or using the state’s contractor settlement process, after lawmakers last year funded more than $22 million in security and renovations at the public residence.