Costa Mesa Police Department hires civilian spokeswoman

Dec. 2, 2016 6:04 PM PT

The Costa Mesa Police Department announced Friday that it has hired a new civilian public affairs manager, a first in the department’s history.

Roxi Fyad will handle the department’s daily media-related inquiries, write news releases, manage its social media accounts and do community outreach.

Fyad comes to Costa Mesa after working as the spokeswoman for the Orange County district attorney’s office, where she first started in 2007 as a public relations staffer.

She is a graduate of Chapman University.

“I’m excited to welcome Roxi to the Costa Mesa police family and am looking forward to her contributions to our department and community,” Police Chief Rob Sharpnack said in a statement. “Roxi successfully navigated a very competitive recruitment process, and I believe she will do a great job in representing us and strengthening our community partnerships.”

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Bradley Zint

Bradley Zint left Times Community News in 2018. He was a general assignment reporter for the Daily Pilot, where he worked since 2010. At the Pilot, he also was a copy editor, classical music columnist and reporter covering Costa Mesa and Newport Beach. He previously worked in Hermosa Beach, Long Beach, Alaska and Massachusetts. He is a graduate of Cal State Long Beach, where he served as editor-in-chief of its campus newspaper, the Daily 49er.