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((short description|Pursuit tactic used by law enforcement in an attempt to stop a fleeing vehicle))
((Other uses|PIT (disambiguation)))
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[[File:California_Highway_Patrol_ending_pursuit_with_PIT_on_I-80.jpg|thumb|[[California Highway Patrol]] cruisers using a PIT maneuver to disable a fleeing vehicle]]
[[Image:pit maneuver.svg|thumb|right|Outline of the stages of the PIT maneuver; the target is in front of the police car.]]
[[File:Car chase ends via PIT maneuver in Marion County, Florida (1 April 2021).webm|thumb|Police chase in Florida ended after multiple PIT maneuver attempts]]
The '''PIT maneuver''' ('''precision immobilization technique'''<ref name=":0">Raviv, Shaun, and John Sullivan, [https://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/2020/investigations/pit-maneuver-police-deaths/ "Police driving maneuver used to end chases has killed 30 people since 2016, The Post finds"], ''Washington Post'', August 24, 2020. Retrieved 2020-08-24.</ref>) or '''TVI''' ('''tactical vehicle intervention''') is a controversial law enforcement [[Car chase|pursuit]] tactic in which a pursuing vehicle forces another vehicle to turn sideways abruptly, causing the driver to lose control and stop.<ref name="GACP1">((cite web |title=Law Enforcement Pursuits in Georgia: Review and Recommendations |url=https://gachiefs.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/Pursuit-Committee-Recommendations-Report.pdf |website=Georgia Association of Chiefs of Police |access-date=2021-06-11 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160314133247/http://www.gachiefs.com/pdfs/Pursuit%20Committee%20Recommendations%20Report.pdf |archive-date=2016-03-14 |date=2006-08-08 |url-status=live))((cbignore))</ref> It was developed by BSR Inc. and first used by the [[Fairfax County Police Department]] in [[Virginia]], United States, in 1988.<ref name=GACP1 />  

==History==
The PIT originated in [[West Virginia]] during the late 1980s with a goal of halting fleeing vehicles as "tactical vehicle interception (T.V.I.)." The first U.S. law enforcement agency to teach PIT was the [[Fairfax County Police Department]] in [[Virginia]], which modified the technique's parameters for initiation and execution in police tactics.<ref>((cite news |author1=Townsend, Eric J. S. |url=http://www.policedriving.com/article57.htm |title=Police End Car Chases with a Spin |work=[[News & Record]] |date=2004 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080120011236/http://www.policedriving.com/article57.htm |archive-date=20 January 2008 |url-status=dead))</ref>

== Police Pursuit Controversy ==
While some police departments in the [[United States]] consider the PIT maneuver as an intermediate force option that can end a pursuit, police pursuit policies in general — and the PIT maneuver specifically — are controversial because of the likelihood that innocent motorists and passengers can be injured or killed.<ref name=":1">((Cite web |last=Lauer |first=Claudia |date=September 19, 2023 |title=New report recommends limiting police pursuits to violent crimes after rise in fatalities |url=https://apnews.com/article/police-vehicle-chase-pursuit-deaths-policy-ed2fe37280cec57e4377491348cc661d |website=Associated Press))</ref> The PIT maneuver has been linked to at least 30 fatalities between 2016 and 2020.<ref name=":0" /> Of those fatalities, 18 occurred when officers attempted to stop motorists for minor traffic violations.<ref name=":0" />

A September 2023 report by the Police Executive Research Forum advised that hundreds of fatalities occur as a result of police chases each year and that these chases should be rare because the danger to suspects, officers and bystanders often outweighs the immediate need to take someone into custody.<ref name=":1" /> A study by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration found that there were 455 police pursuit fatalities in 2020, the highest since at least 2007 when there were 372 fatalities.<ref name=":1" />

In September 2023, an Arkansas State Trooper resigned after he performed a PIT maneuver on the wrong vehicle during a high-speed chase.<ref>((Cite news |last=Smith |first=Bill |date=September 19, 2023 |title=Arkansas trooper retires after performing PIT maneuver on wrong car |url=https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/4210935-arkansas-trooper-retires-after-performing-pit-maneuver-on-wrong-car/#:~:text=(KARK)%20%E2%80%93%20Officials%20with%20Arkansas,Francis%20County. |url-status=live |work=The Hill))</ref> As part of a legal settlement with the driver of the car  that was wrongly targeted (and who was pregnant at the time of the crash), the Arkansas State Police agreed to improve training and restrict the use of the PIT maneuver and use it only in cases to “protect a third person or an officer from imminent death or serious physical injury.”<ref>((Cite news |last=Battles |first=Miriam |date=November 19, 2021 |title=Arkansas State Police settles PIT maneuver lawsuit which injured pregnant woman |url=https://www.kark.com/news/working4you/arkansas-state-police-settle-pit-maneuver-lawsuit-which-injured-pregnant-woman/ |url-status=live |work=KARK News))</ref>

In November 2023, eight people were killed during a police pursuit near the town of La Pryor in west Texas. A Texas Department of Public Safety trooper was pursuing a Honda Civic suspected of carrying undocumented migrants. The Honda collided head-on with an oncoming vehicle. All six in the Honda were killed, as well as the driver and passenger in the other car. <ref>((Cite news |last=Weber |first=Paul |date=November 13, 2023 |title=8 dead in Texas police pursuit crash |url=https://www.ems1.com/fatal-incidents/8-dead-in-texas-police-pursuit-crash |agency=Associated Press))</ref>

== Procedure ==
The PIT begins when the pursuing vehicle pulls alongside the fleeing vehicle so that the portion of the pursuer's vehicle forward of the front wheels is aligned with the portion of the target vehicle behind the back wheels. The pursuer gently makes contact with the target's side, then steers sharply into the target. The pursuer must also accelerate or its bumper will slide off the target vehicle.<ref>((cite web | last = Mascarenas | first = David |author2=G. Park |author3=C. Farrar   | title = Escape and Evade Policies for High-Speed, Autonomous Unmanned Ground Vehicles | publisher = Los Alamos National Security | date = 2011-11-27 | url = http://www.lanl.gov/science/ldrd/ldrdday/posters/Mascarenas.pdf ))</ref>

==References==
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