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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 |
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