Lieutenant Greg Ammons is a twenty-five 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 of 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 two Investigations Supervisors, fifteen Investigators, the Crime Analysis Section and the Evidence and Property Bureau, and supporting staff.

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, Il.)

Anthony "Buz" Smith was honorably discharged from the Air Force in 1956 after serving four years during the Korean War. He extended his military career by serving in the Ready Reserve from 1956 to 1960. Smith then began a career in the title insurance business in 1959 and over the next 36 years rose through the ranks to become the Southern California Regional Vice President and County Manager for First American Title Insurance Company in Orange County, California. He retired in 1995, and now he and his wife Beverly live in Palm Desert. Smith began volunteering with the Sheriff's Department in March of 2003, and has become an invaluable asset at the Palm Desert Station. Smith is currently assigned to the Investigations unit where he averages 850 to 1000 hours of volunteered time each year.