Updated: 9:32 PM EST January 6, 2021 NEW HAVEN, Conn. — For the sixth time since 2008, the New Haven Police Department will have a new Chief. Tuesday New Haven Police Chief Otoniel (Tony) Reyes surprised some by announcing that after just under two years in that role, he’s leaving the police department. Reyes told FOX61 Wednesday he feels as if his two years as Chief felt like a lifetime, given all that’s transpired nationally and locally, with civil unrest and Covid-19. But he says he left nothing in the tank as a member of NHPD for two decades. "I’m a kid that grew up down the street and got a chance to serve his community," Reyes said, referring to his roots in New Haven's Hill neighborhood.