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Bellone taps Webber as Suffolk police commish

Suffolk County Police Commissioner Edward Webber, at Yaphank

Photo credit: James Carbone | Suffolk County Police Commissioner Edward Webber, at Yaphank Police Headquarters. (July 24, 2012)

A seven-month search for a new police commissioner has led Suffolk County Executive Steve Bellone to the man doing the job all along.

Bellone will announce this morning that he has chosen Acting Commissioner Edward Webber, a 40-year department veteran, to fill the position permanently.

Bellone also will announce that he has tapped Risco Mention-Lewis, a Nassau district attorney's chief...

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