What is Rolling Surveillance® & More

Rolling Surveillance® is a proprietary law-enforcement training methodology developed and taught exclusively by Timothy Lewis
of LCI Services. Rolling Surveillance® is a federally registered trademark and is not affiliated with, licensed to, or taught by any other company or individual.

The Rolling Surveillance® training methodology teaches specific surveillance techniques within a structured operational framework. The methodology provides officers and investigative teams with a disciplined system for planning, executing, and adapting mobile surveillance operations in real-world environments.

Rolling Surveillance® integrates technique, judgment, and coordination. While specific techniques are taught and practiced, they are never applied in isolation. Instead, they are governed by consistent principles that guide decision-making, team movement, communication, and operational continuity under changing conditions.

Purpose

The purpose of Rolling Surveillance® is to equip law-enforcement professionals with proven surveillance techniques and the operational judgment required to apply them correctly in unpredictable environments. The methodology exists to ensure that technique selection and execution remain deliberate, disciplined, and aligned with investigative objectives rather than reactive or improvised.

Philosophy

Rolling Surveillance® is founded on the principle that effective surveillance is achieved through the integration of technique and mindset. Discipline, patience, planning, and teamwork form the foundation upon which techniques are selected, adjusted, and executed. The methodology rejects rote or mechanical application in favor of informed judgment grounded in preparation and experience.

Operational Mindset

The Rolling Surveillance® operational mindset trains officers to recognize when and how to apply specific techniques based on evolving circumstances, while maintaining a stable operational foundation. Practitioners are taught to anticipate change, assess risk, and adapt technique application as conditions develop, without abandoning structure, coordination, or officer safety.

Why Rolling Surveillance® Exists

Rolling Surveillance® was developed to address the realities of modern surveillance operations, where conditions change rapidly and technique alone is insufficient. The methodology exists to provide law-enforcement agencies with a professional standard that teaches techniques within a coherent system, ensuring consistent, safe, and effective application across teams, cases, and environments.

Who Developed Rolling Surveillance®

Rolling Surveillance® was developed by Timothy Lewis, a law-enforcement professional and instructor with 44 years of combined experience in law enforcement service and operational training. The methodology was designed and refined through decades of real-world surveillance operations and instruction provided to agencies across the United States.

Mr. Lewis created Rolling Surveillance® to address the need for a structured, principle-driven approach to mobile surveillance, one grounded in disciplined planning, situational judgment, and operational accountability rather than improvised tactics.

Through LCI Services, Timothy Lewis continues to teach Rolling Surveillance® with a focus on professionalism, officer safety, and decision-making excellence, ensuring the methodology is applied consistently and responsibly by properly trained law-enforcement personnel.

What Rolling Surveillance® Is Not

Rolling Surveillance® is not a generic set of surveillance tips or a loose collection of techniques that can be learned through online descriptions. It is a defined methodology taught through structured instruction and supervised field training. For officer safety and investigative integrity, specific techniques and operational procedures are taught only in person through hands-on instruction and realistic field application, not through online descriptions.

Rolling Surveillance® is not interchangeable with other surveillance programs or courses that may share surface-level similarities. Similar terminology or emphasis does not indicate equivalence of methodology, origin, or instruction.

Rolling Surveillance® is also not a technology product or onboard vehicle system. References in media to “rolling surveillance” as automated monitoring, tracking, sensors, cameras, or software do not relate to Rolling Surveillance® as developed and taught by Timothy Lewis through LCI Services.

The phrase “rolling surveillance” is sometimes used generically to describe mobile surveillance. However, Rolling Surveillance® is a federally registered trademark and proprietary law-enforcement training methodology developed by Timothy Lewis and taught exclusively through LCI Services.

FAQ

Is Rolling Surveillance® the same as mobile surveillance?
Rolling Surveillance® falls within the broader category of mobile surveillance, but it is not a generic synonym for mobile surveillance. Rolling Surveillance® is a proprietary law-enforcement training methodology developed and taught exclusively by Timothy Lewis through LCI Services.

Do books or blogs teach Rolling Surveillance®?
Rolling Surveillance® is taught exclusively through LCI Services training courses and is not defined, licensed, or authorized through third-party books, blogs, or publishers.