Carmelo A. "Scotty" Cattano

Suffolk County Police Department — Yaphank, NY

Accident Veteran

End of Watch May 30, 1963

Age 35

Tour of Duty 9 yrs

Badge 233

The Vigil Panel 98 ›

Gender Male

Incident Service The Sacrifice Department 26

Incident

Patrolman Scotty Cattano was killed in a vehicle crash while returning to the Second Precinct after completing special parade duty for Memorial Day at 11:45 am. A driver of a vehicle ran a stop sign and struck Officer Cattano's patrol car on Deer Park Avenue at Old Country Road. He was thrown from his vehicle and suffered multiple injuries to his head, chest, and lower extremities. Police Officer Cattano was taken to Huntington Hospital where he succumbed to his injuries. Police Officer Cattano was a United States Army Air Forces WWII veteran and had served with the Suffolk County Police Department for nine years. He was survived by his wife, mother, sister, and brother. He is buried at the Long Island National Cemetery, East Farmingdale, Suffolk County, New York.

Survivors

He was survived by his wife, mother, sister, and brother.

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Last updated: July 23, 2026

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Tributes

I served 1985 to 1993. You served too, before the badge - different uniform, same idea. You go where you are sent and you do not get to pick the call.
Patrolman Cattano gave the Suffolk County Police Department 9 years.
Thank you for your service to the Yaphank community, and for your service before it. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, brother.

— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993

Agency

Department Suffolk County Police Department

Location Yaphank, NY

Platform Identity scpd.suffolk.ny.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch May 30, 1963

Tour of Duty 9 yrs

Age 35

Badge Number 233

Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Accident

Military Service

Carmelo A. "Scotty" Cattano served in the United States military before joining law enforcement. Full service record available on salute.nw.

Patrolman Carmelo A. "Scotty" Cattano is one of 10,088 officers lost to accidents in the line of duty across the full record of this memorial — 31% of all 32,508 officers honored here.

In NY, 645 of 2,147 officers were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 30% of this state's fallen. That is 1 percentage points below the national rate of 31%.

At Suffolk County Police Department, 10 of 27 officers on record were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 37% of this agency's fallen.

Suffolk County Police Department

of 27 officers

37% Accident

NY — Statewide

645

of 2,147 officers

30% Accident

Nationwide

10,088

of 32,508 officers

31% Accident