Vehicle Suppression (PINS) Training
Grey Group’s Vehicle Suppression (PINS) Training is a 3-day course designed for specialized law enforcement units 0r patrol officers responsible for safely containing vehicles in transit and executing high-risk arrests. The training emphasizes surprised containment tactics using unmarked vehicles to reduce vehicle and foot pursuits, limit suspect mobility, and improve public safety. Through mission planning, practical tactics, and scenario-based application, officers learn how to de-escalate incidents, transition into vehicle barricade operations, and take suspects into custody safely and effectively.
Training Overview
This 3-day course explores the principles, planning requirements, and operational challenges of vehicle suppression and containment. Students learn how to safely plan and execute arrests involving moving or barricaded vehicles while minimizing risk to the public, officers, and suspects.
Why Vehicle Suppression Training Matters
Vehicle suppression training helps law enforcement reduce vehicle pursuits, limit suspect mobility, and create safer arrest opportunities for officers and the public. By applying coordinated containment tactics, teams can de-escalate incidents and transition effectively into call back procedures or vehicle barricade operations when necessary.
As outlined in our article on why patrol and specialized units must train vehicle pin operations, this approach reduces operational risk while improving coordination, decision-making, and overall mission success during high-risk vehicle encounters.
Core Training Topics
Required Equipment
- Vehicle immobilization: barrier vs movement
- Operational planning and safety considerations unique to vehicle suppression
- Less-lethal options, K-9 integration, and de-escalation
- Team movement, earning the shot, and friendly fire avoidance
- Team communication and points of domination
- Medical and contingency planning
- Legal and tactical considerations
- Vehicle barricade operations
- Full callout gear and soft gear
- Pistol/Rifle with chamber blocker
- 100 rounds NLTA (SIMS) handgun/rifle or combination of both
- Eye Pro, Long Sleeves, Gloves
- PPE Gear| head, neck, groining
- Both concealed and duty holster for pistol
- 1 40mm or 12 ga less-lethal munition, chemical (optional)
- Coverups (flannel, jacket)
- Optional Vehicle Suppression Vehicle
Frequently Asked Questions (FAQS)
Vehicle suppression training teaches law enforcement how to safely contain and immobilize vehicles to control suspects and reduce the need for pursuits.
PINS (Precision Immobilization and Neutralization Strategies) are coordinated vehicle containment techniques used to contained suspect vehicles safely and take occupants into custody.
This course is designed for specialized law enforcement units, SWAT teams, and officers responsible for high-risk vehicle stops and arrest operations.
Yes. Grey Group instructors teaching vehicle suppression are active members of specialized units who regularly perform these tactics in real-world operations. Students benefit from their firsthand experience, learning not only how to execute the tactics, but also the “why” behind decisions based on real successes and lessons learned.
Yes. The course includes scenario-based and force-on-force training to reinforce practical application in realistic environments. We do not supply the gear.
Yes. Training includes transitioning from vehicle containment into barricade operations using armored vehicles and specialized tactics (host dependent).
Vehicle PINS, as taught by Grey Group, are not designed or intended as deadly force tactics. The training emphasizes precision placement and coordinated containment to reduce a suspect’s mobility and safely take them into custody—without ramming, channeling, or intentionally damaging the vehicle or its occupants.
All applications are guided by established use-of-force principles, including the objective reasonableness standard outlined in Graham v. Connor, requiring officers to evaluate the totality of the circumstances, the severity of the threat, and the immediacy of risk to officers and the public. While the intent of PINS tactics is controlled containment and de-escalation, officers must continuously assess evolving conditions, recognizing that outcomes may be influenced by a suspect’s actions and level of resistance.
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