The district attorney in Whitfield County has decided not to pursue charges against a Whitfield County sheriff’s deputy who performed a PIT maneuver during a high-speed chase in February that ended with two people dead.
By Patrick Filibin, Chattanooga Times Free Press, Tenn./TNS
TENNESEE-The district attorney in Whitfield County has decided not to pursue charges against a Whitfield County sheriff’s deputy who performed a PIT maneuver during a high-speed chase in February that ended with two people dead.
A PIT maneuver, or precision immobilization technique, is a tactic in which a pursuing officer uses his or her cruiser to push the fleeing vehicle’s rear end sideways with the nose of the cruiser, sending the suspect’s vehicle into a spin.
Poston and his office investigated the case as a potentially excessive use of force, similar to when an officer shoots and kills someone while on duty.
This was the first of its kind for Poston, and the process involved reviewing the incident reports and figuring out whether the deputy who performed the PIT maneuver did so in a way that reflected the department’s policy.
On a Thursday night in February, Zachary Lumpkin was on the run from law enforcement in a 1992 Ford Ranger with a warrant out for his arrest.
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