text: Police superior officers' union neutral in Sutter-Keating race - News - Wicked Local Somerset - Somerset, MA
  The Fall River Police Superior Officers' Association has remained neutral in the primary race between U.S. Rep. William Keating and Bristol County District Attorney Sam Sutter for the 9th Congressional District seat.The election between Keating and Sutter will be on Thursday. The winner of the primary will be the Democratic candidate for the 9th Congressional seat in November's election.The president of the Fall River Local 1854 of the Massachusetts Coalition of Police said that union endorsed Keating.The Superior Officer's Association is a separate union in the Fall River Police representing the 46 sergeants, lieutenants and captains in the department."The Fall River Police Superior Officer's Associaton has chosen to remain neutral in all political races and does not make any formal endorsement for any one candidate," said Sgt. Allen Saucier, president of the union.Saucier took issue with implications, which he said were raised by the Keating campaign, that police do not have a good working relationship with Sutter."We have always, and continue to have, a positive working relationship with his office and wish him luck, as we do all candidates in their endeavor to provide services to our community," Saucier stated.