PIT maneuver

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The precision immobilization technique (PIT) maneuver, also known as tactical vehicle intervention or tactical vehicle interception (TVI), is a law-enforcement tactic in which a pursuing vehicle strikes the side-rear of a pursued vehicle, causing it to swing around and come to an unplanned stop. Ideally, the struck vehicle rotates 180 degrees and winds up facing the opposite direction of travel. The PIT technique was developed in the late 1980s by BSR Inc. (a private company for law enforcement training registered in Jefferson County, West Virginia) and was first used by the Fairfax County Police Department in Virginia in 1988. Some law-enforcement agencies use the PIT maneuver regularly to end vehicle pursuits, some use it only under certain conditions, and others avoid its use entirely because it can kill or injure motorists and bystanders.

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