One of the most well-known police techniques is the PIT Maneuver. It is, after all, in every police procedural, every movie, and even in almost every Looney Tunes series where Bugs becomes a cop. And if you turn on the nightly news, you'll likely find some report showing the maneuver being used by your local police.
The acronym stands for Precision Immobilization Technique (PIT), and works by way of a police officer using the nose of their squad car to push the rear of a fleeing subject's vehicle into an uncontrolled 180-degree spin. It was introduced in the 1980s and rolled out throughout the country after, and has been used by cops the world over when they're attempting to stop a fleeing vehicle from continuing to run and put folks in danger on the road.
It is, however, incredibly dangerous for everyone involved, as well as those around the person fleeing and the police attempting the stop—more on that in a second.
