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Security To Be Stepped Up At Chicago's Gay Pride Parade

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The coordinator for Chicago's upcoming gay pride parade says organizers will hire dozens more off-duty police officers than they did last year after city officials asked them to beef up security in the wake of the massacre at a gay nightclub in Florida. 

Richard Pfeiffer  says 160 off-duty officers and other security professionals will work the parade. Last year there were 70.  

Security has been increased in gay communities in Chicago and around the country since a gunman killed 49 people at an Orlando club. Chicago police say they'll provide additional parade security. Police say there's been no threat made against the city's gay community. 

Also, U.S. Sen Mark Kirk of Illinois wrote the FBI asking that it ``offer the maximum security possible'' at the June 26 parade.
 

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