Fugitive Investigative Strike Team

Marshal Deputies were trained as Enforcement Specialists who would oversee investigation and apprehension of fugitives in their respective districts.

To support these deputies, the Marshals Service created the Fugitive Investigative Strike Team concept.

The primary targets of these operations were "Class 1" offenders, which included escaped federal prisoners, bail jumpers, parole violators and probation violators.

[1] The FIST worked primarily in the United States but also collaborated with foreign officials to apprehend international fugitives, notably in the Caribbean.

FIST VI was a ten-week operation conducted in the State of California which resulted in 2,116 arrests