Plainville Police Chief Catania Dies, Mourned

PLAINVILLE, CT — The Plainville Police Department is mourning the death of Police Chief Matthew Catania.

“It is with great sadness that we announce the passing of our beloved Chief, Matthew Catania,” the police department wrote in a post on Facebook on Wednesday morning. “He will be greatly missed. He was a legend in policing and well known throughout the state. His legacy will live on.

“Throughout his career he provided the best possible police services to the communities he served. We will continue to honor him and strive to deliver the quality of police services he instilled in us.

“We will miss him.”

The Hartford Courant reports Catania, who received the Chief of the Year award at the Connecticut Law Enforcement Awards and Recognition Dinner in 2019, had recently been hospitalized.

The Plainville Fire Department posted the following message on Facebook: “The officers and members of the Plainville Fire Department are deeply saddened to hear of the passing of Police Chief Matthew Catania. We are keeping his family and the entire Plainville Police Department in our thoughts and prayers.”