How will that work?

I support this idea and would also love to see a manual option to set how far in advance police alerts appear (e.g. 1.5km or 2km). Automatic speed-based alerts are great, but having manual control would give drivers more flexibility — especially on highways.

I completely agree with John. Frankly, it's incredibly frustrating how long Waze takes to update their system and actually implement quality suggestions and highly voted ideas. This isn’t just a minor delay—it’s been years, and we’re still waiting for meaningful changes that users have been pleading for, like increasing police alert distances. With thousands of votes and comments stacked up, it feels like we're all shouting into the void while the development team continues to drag their feet. The lack of responsiveness is disappointing and makes it hard to feel heard as a community. It’s not just about convenience anymore—it’s about safety, reliability, and trust. If Waze wants to keep users engaged, they need to do better.

Hard to believe that this original request goes back almost 6 years and has nearly 4,000 votes and yet, waze will not allow their users to set their warning distance, and now, recently, waze shortened the warning distance from 0.5 to just 0.3 miles.

You have to enable the option to change the distance of the alert for police

Increase Police alerts 1-2 KM Please
Thankyou

Increasing the police warning distance in Waze would be a great improvement! A longer alert range could help drivers react earlier and avoid sudden speed adjustments. Also, been checking out Nulls Brawl APK, pretty interesting twist on the game. https://nullsbrawl.io/

There is a curve on the interstate where I commute and sometimes cars get pulled over around the corner and it would be helpful if the warning was much sooner so that the drivers can move over before entering the curve so we don't cause an accident. I don't understand why the alert distance was changed to begin with. I understand cops may like a shorter notice so they can catch speeders but it could prevent a terrible accident one day on this curve.

Err, don't speed and be attentive whilst driving?

This app is becoming useless. Looking at alternatives since suggestions seem to go on tin ears

It needs to be further out than it currently is. At least .5 miles, please. The newer speed based alerts need tweaking.

So it's been on the roadmap for 5.5 years? Could I just implement it myself and submit a pull request? You may be aware that there are alternatives to Waze, if the app functionality continues to decline, users are going to migrate elsewhere.

This is becoming a serious problem. Lately, alerts for police are showing up just as I’m passing them. Officers seem to be intentionally staying just far enough outside the alert range. It used to help, but now it’s too late to adjust. Please bring back a longer warning distance or make it adjustable.

Makes you wonder if Google is limiting alert range on purpose. Are they caving to pressure from law enforcement?

This is extremely important! Why doesnt WAZE use common sense and safety being a priority????

This is ULTRA important! I received pothole alert to late and almost lost a wheel.

You make a solid point. A longer warning distance would definitely make the police alerts more useful, especially on open roads or highways where visibility is much greater. Maybe Waze could allow users to customize the alert range based on speed or road type. That way, it could adapt better to different driving conditions.

Please just add in a setting that allows the user to select 1 mile, 2 mile or 3 mile alerts pretty please. Speed based alerts would only notify car users, as commercial have lower speed limits on dual/single carriageways it would not work for these users. Could you add in a feature as well for different types of vehicle category?

Speed based could work, but presently it's just not soon enough.

Why would this be shelved? Seems pretty important to me and everyone else!

Shame you wont implement this. Started using TomTom Amigo go instead for this reason only and so have many others. Can choose 10seconds, 20s, 30s etc.