Police Rules

[McGherkin]

You're assuming that the suspect is in a position to PIT the cop 50% of the time in order for it to be fair. Which is not the case. Suspects rarely, if ever, get to PIT a cop, and certainly not at any kind of speed where the cop will be immobilised. So really 'suspects can do it too' is a moot point.

However, when a Cop pits a suspect into a barrier:
1. The suspect has no time to avoid or recover, due to the fact that the cop will perform the manoeuvre right before he passes the barrier.
2. The suspect will be damaged so much he will be effectively immobile
3. The suspect may go OOB, causing autobust.

These three characteristics seperate a barrier PIT from a normal one, and all three make it unfair to deliberately use this manoeuvre.

There was once a time when you used a PIT manoeuvre to face the suspect towards a wall, and block off the other end of their car with yours, and if a suspect went into a barrier it'd be through their own lack of driving ability.