Kevin Catalina, the Suffolk police department's second-in-command and a veteran of the NYPD, was nominated to be Suffolk's new police commissioner Tuesday, sources said.

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After a year-long, nationwide search, Suffolk County Executive Ed Romaine announced his nomination for deputy police commissioner. Kevin Catalina, a 57-year-old Sayville native and a veteran of the NYPD.