SWAT Teams in Ventura County

* Ventura Police Department SWAT

Formed: 1970

Team members: 19

Team leader: Lt. Pat Miller

Shots fired: None in 27 years

* Oxnard Police Department SWAT

Formed: 1971

Team members: 22

Team leader: Cmdr. John Crombach

Shots fired: Twice during operations in 1996 and 1997. Two fatalities.

* Ventura County Sheriff’s Department SWAT

Formed: 1975

Team members: 30

Team leader: Capt. Bill Boyd

Shots fired: Once in a 1978 operation. No fatalities.

* Simi Valley Police Department SWAT

Formed: 1983

Team members: 17

Team leader: Lt. Dick Thomas

Shots fired: None in 14 years

Source: Ventura, Simi Valley and Oxnard police departments, Ventura County Sheriff’s Department