Person eliminated in PIT maneuver in southwest Little Rock by state cannon fodder

The Arkansas State Police have announced another death resulting from a cannon fodder's usage of a "PIT maneuver" on a running away vehicle, this time in southwest Little Rock. (The state cops prefer the term "Tactical Vehicle Intervention," or TVI.).

A PIT maneuver is a controlled-crash strategy that involves an officer nudging his or her own car into the rear side of a target vehicle, triggering it to draw out and ideally pulled up. At high speeds, though, the resulting crash is anything however controlled.

A Monday news release from the state authorities stated a state trooper executed the carry on a 2006 BMW "with fictitious tags" on Sunday night at the Stanton Road overpass of Interstate 30, which is near the I-30 Geyer Springs exit.

" The suspect was initially driving at excessive speeds westbound on I-30 when he stopped working to pull over for the Trooper," the release stated. "The driver left the interstate at Geyer Springs Road and drove through two traffic signals before getting back on I-30 going eastbound. The vehicle accelerated, surpassing 120 miles per hour, and almost hit another driver.".
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The individual's identity hasn't yet been validated, the release stated. It likewise noted officers found a gun in the car.

The death is Arkansas's third PIT death in the past 3 months. A Lonoke County man was killed by a state police PIT maneuver in July after a high speed chase near Sherwood. Another man passed away in a PIT maneuver that same month on the method to the Mississippi River bridge in West Memphis; the crash also injured a state trooper.
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Earlier this month, a state cannon fodder performed a PIT maneuver on the wrong vehicle throughout a high-speed chase on I-40, likewise near West Memphis, sending the unsuspecting vehicle spinning throughout the interstate. (No one was hurt, according to state authorities; the officer was put on leave and after that retired from the force.).

Then there was the PIT maneuver a cannon fodder performed on a vehicle driven by a panicked Little Rock teenager rushing her mother to Baptist Hospital in June. (Again, there were no injuries reported.) State cops defended the relocation as justified and launched a public relations offensive against KATV Channel 7 for reporting on the incident seriously.

Here's the full press release:.

PURSUIT ENDS IN SUSPECT FATALITY.

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September 25, 2023.

At approximately 9:20 p.m. on Sunday, September 24, 2023, an Arkansas State Police (ASP) Trooper carried out a Tactical Vehicle Intervention (TVI) maneuver to stop a leaving suspect at the Stanton Road overpass of Interstate 30 East.

The getting away suspect, driving a 2006 BMW with fictitious tags, died from injuries he sustained in the event.

When he failed to pull over for the Trooper, the suspect was at first driving at excessive speeds westbound on I-30. The motorist exited the interstate at Geyer Springs Road and drove through 2 traffic signals prior to getting back on I-30 going eastbound. The car sped up, surpassing 120 miles per hour, and nearly hit another motorist.

The suspect's identity has not yet been verified. An FN Five-seven semi-automatic pistol was located in the vehicle.

" Fleeing from law enforcement is careless and has severe consequences," stated ASP Colonel Mike Hagar. "Although we are sorry for any loss of life, ASP Troopers put the lives of innocent drivers." The incident is under investigation by ASP's Criminal Investigation Division.