PIT MANEUVER WHAT IS THE PIT MANEUVER?
HCSO TRAINING
The PIT Maneuver (pursuit intervention
The Patrol Training Unit started training
technique) is a precision immobilization
field training deputies and CRU personnel in
technique where a deputy uses the front
the PIT Maneuver in September 2020. To
fender of his/her patrol vehicle to touch the
do the maneuver, the deputy must have
rear bumper of a suspect’s vehicle, causing
successfully completed the 12-hour course
the suspect’s vehicle to turn before coming
and must have a vehicle with a PIT bumper.
to a complete stop.
As of December 2020, 50 vehicles had been
ORIGIN
equipped with the bumper.
The maneuver was developed by the Fairfax County (VA) Police Department. It was adapted from the bump and run technique used in stock car racing, where drivers would bump a competitor to take them out. It is no longer used in stock car racing as the high speeds make it dangerous.
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