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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.]]
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 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 />
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