Palm Desert Police Department Investigations Bureau

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. He is currently the Investigations Bureau Lieutenant for the Palm Desert Sheriff’s Station. He oversees/manages one Investigations Supervisor, fourteen Investigators, the Crime Analysis Section and the Evidence and Property Bureau.

Lieutenant Ammons resides in the city of La Quinta with his wife, Amy. They have two adult children.

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.

Investigations Team

The Palm Desert Station Investigations Bureau serves the City of Palm Desert, as well as the Cove Communities. The Investigations Bureau is supervised by Lt. Greg Ammons, a 23-year veteran. The Bureau is comprised of fourteen dedicated Investigators assigned to various specialties such as robbery, assaults, sex crimes and child abuse, and property crimes, as well as missing persons, runaways and domestic violence investigations.

We staff six Investigators assigned specifically to the City of Palm Desert. To handle child abuse, sex crimes, and major crimes against persons. In addition, we have two Investigators assigned to solve property crimes within the City of Palm Desert, such as burglary, theft, fraud and identity theft. These Investigators are goal oriented and take pride in their assignment. Nothing gives then more satisfaction than solving these cases and recovering stolen property that can be returned to the victims.

All the investigators are assigned cases after a supervisory review of each cases forwarded to the Investigations Bureau. If you have a case assigned to this Bureau, the assigned investigator will contact you about your case as necessary. Our mission is a collective one; to serve the City of Palm Desert and the Cove Communities by solving crimes, recovering property, and identifying criminal suspects.

We also assign an Investigator as a full time position to track and register convicted sex offenders and convicted drug offenders required to register by law within the city of Palm Desert. This investigator maintains accurate records on these registrants including photographs, home addresses, work addresses and vehicles they drive. This investigator also conducts routine compliance checks where we visit the registrant at their listed addresses to make sure they are in compliance with their requirements. If you have any questions about this program or have any information about a possible unregistered offender in your area you can contact Investigations at 760 836-1660.