Unfortunately, many police agencies faced by budgetary restraints have eliminated their crime surveillance units. However, the criminals once targeted by surveillance units continue to proliferate; TSTs could be the remedy for the future. Like Special Weapons and Tactics (SWAT) teams, TSTs receive special training and can be activated for emergencies or for long-term investigations. This article describes the experiences of a Michigan sheriff's office and a posting of the State Police in establishing a TST in late 1990 in terms of target selection criteria, training, equipment, jurisdiction and liability, standardization of forms, and the results, which clearly validated the team and the part-time multijurisdictional concept upon which it was based. 1 note