Media Relations

Officer Johnna Watson has been with the Oakland Police Department since 1992.  She was a Reserve Officer for three years before being hired full time in 1995. She is currently assigned to the Office of the Chief of Police as a Public Information Officer in the Media Relations Office. She has held this position since 2011.  She has worked assignments in the FTO Program, as an Internal Affairs In-Take Officer, Community Policing, Walking Beat, Bicycle Officer, Dual Purpose Motorcycle, Honor Guard, and as a Reserve, a boat operator in the Marine Unit.  She has been an instructor for Firearms, Driving, Patrol Procedures, both in-service and for the Oakland Police Department Academy.  She was named Reserve of the Year in 1993 and received the Department’s Medal of Merit in 2017 for her media management of the Ghost Ship Fire.

Enrique Garcia is a retired sergeant from the San Jose Police Department with almost 29 years of full-time law enforcement experience, plus 5 previous years in the Reserve Unit. Enrique worked assignments in Patrol and the Field Training Program as an officer and supervisor, Sexual Assaults, Homicide, Robbery, and the Office of the Chief of Police managing the Media Relations Unit. Enrique is a recognized Interview & Interrogation subject-matter expert for the State of California P.O.S.T. Commission. Enrique also received an Investigative Excellence Award from California P.O.S.T. – Robert Presley Institute of Criminal Investigation for solving a complex homicide case.

Michael Andraychak served in law enforcement for 35 years, retiring from the San Francisco Police Department as a Sergeant. During his time with SFPD, he worked patrol, narcotics/plain clothes investigations, field training officer, field training sergeant and part time academy instructor.  He supervised the SFPD Media Relations Unit and was Public Information Officer for ten years.  He has prior experience in campus and transit law enforcement. Michael holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Organizational Management from the University of San Francisco and an Associate of Science degree in Criminology from City College of San Francisco.