Lieutenant Greg Ammons is a twenty-three year employee with the Riverside County Sheriff’s Department. During this time period he has held numerous assignments. These include Patrol Deputy, Senior Deputy Sheriff, Field Training Officer, and is a prior member the department's "Emergency Services Team/S.W.A.T.”, in the position of team Sniper. He has also held the ranks of Detective/Investigator and Sergeant. As an Investigator, Lieutenant Ammons was assigned to the Departments' "Special Investigations Bureau" as a Narcotics Detective with the Coachella Valley Narcotics Task Force. During his assignments as a Sergeant he worked in the Corrections Division, Field Patrol as a Watch Commander, and supervisor of a “Specialized Enforcement Unit” (SET). As a Lieutenant, he has held assignments as Administrative / Police contract manager, Field Patrol Commander, Station Administration Lieutenant and manager for the Palm Desert Sheriff’s Station Motor Officer/Traffic Bureau. He is currently the Investigations Bureau Lieutenant for the Palm Desert Sheriff’s Station. In this current assignment he oversees/manages one Investigations Supervisor, fourteen Investigators, the Crime Analysis Section and the Evidence and Property Bureau.

Lieutenant Ammons is also a member of the California Tactical Officers Association (CATO), California Narcotics Officer Association (CNOA), and graduate of the California Peace Officers Standards and Training (P.O.S.T. / California State University-Long Beach) "Supervisory Leadership Institute." He is also a Private Pilot and member of AOPA (Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association). Prior to beginning his service with the Department in 1985, he served six years in the United States Army as a Military Police Officer and was Honorably Discharged. His duty assignments were stateside and in Germany. Lieutenant Ammons resides in the city of La Quinta with his wife, Amy. They have two adult children (Anthony Ammons who lives in San Bernardino Ca., and Stacey Draper who lives in Chicago, Ill.)

Sergeant Jim Armstrong is the Investigations Bureau Supervisor. He is a 12-year veteran of the Department. Prior to being assigned to the Palm Desert Station as a patrol supervisor, he spent 7 years as a deputy and two years as an investigator working on Special Enforcement Teams for the cities of La Quinta and Coachella. Sergeant Armstrong is currently attending the Supervisor Leadership Institute.