James Pasco, executive director of the Fraternal Order of Police, the nation's largest law-enforcement labor organization, said that while he holds Mr. Kerlikowske in high regard, police officers are wary.

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Even so, the fight will be difficult in both chambers, especially the House, where increasing numbers of district lines are drawn to protect incumbents, said James Pasco, executive director of the Fraternal Order of Police.

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Mayor Rahm Emanuel unveiled a possible "blueprint" Tuesday to delay budget-busting pension payments to city police and fire unions a plan the president of the Fraternal Order of Police dismissed as a sellout of union members across the state.

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