Randhi Belain, chief of the Aquinnah Police Department for 22 years, soft-retired and stepped down from his role on Nov. 6. His position is now filled by Ryan Ruley, a former Edgartown Police sergeant and former Oak Bluffs Select Board member.
The Times’ police reporter Nicholas Vukota spoke to Belain about his decades-long career in law enforcement in a brief interview Tuesday morning, a few days after his final sign-off ceremony. Here is an ab…