Page 414 - NIXBOOK

And then eventually we were taught the PIT maneuver training; also a new thing for us. That’s the pursuit-ending tactic of using
a police car to ram a fleeing suspect car and knock them out sideways. When we started to learn that it was great fun, and it
became an essential part of our training every year. We had some of our old retired patrol cars modified with guards to protect
the bodies; they looked like this:

Practicing PIT maneuver training was a blast: one officer and an EVOC instructor would get in one of the cars and maintain a
steady speed in a straight line. Another car with an officer and another EVOC instructor would come up alongside and behind
it, match the speed, and then basically nudge or shove the front corner of their car into the back quarter panel area of the
“suspect.” Done right, the car in front would spin out and come to a stop for a few seconds, at which point other officers could
zoom in and block in the suspect with their cars.

The whole process is actually a bit violent, with the bumping and controlled crashing and tires squealing and scuffing sideways,
making quite a bit of rubber smoke and smell everywhere. Like all EVOC training, this part definitely required helmets to be
worn by everybody since the jostling and bumping could be rather significant.