Waze Feature Requests

1. Moving Police Patrol Alert

I would like to suggest adding a second type of police report specifically for officers who are actively driving rather than parked.

Current police reports work well when an officer is stationary, but they become inaccurate once the patrol car starts moving. A separate report type—such as “Moving Police Patrol”—could solve this.

Suggested functionality:

• A driver reports a moving police vehicle and selects its direction of travel (northbound, southbound, eastbound, or westbound).
• The report follows the road instead of remaining pinned to a single location.
• Drivers traveling the same route receive a notification that a police vehicle is actively moving ahead rather than sitting at a fixed location.
• The original reporter, or other users who encounter the patrol vehicle, can update or end the report if the officer exits the roadway, turns onto another road, or the report is no longer accurate.
• Reports automatically expire after a short period unless confirmed by other users.

This would provide more accurate, real-time awareness while reducing outdated stationary police reports.

1. Improve Live Wazer Refreshing

I’ve also noticed what appears to be an issue with live Wazer updates.

When driving faster than surrounding traffic, I often pass many Wazers. After passing them, I can clearly see plenty of vehicles still ahead on the road, but Waze frequently stops displaying nearby Wazers altogether. The map can appear almost empty even though there is moderate or heavy traffic ahead.

The only way I’ve found to restore accurate live information is to completely close and reopen the app. Once reopened, nearby Wazers immediately appear again.

Since nearby Wazers help validate how current police reports and other hazards are, this behavior can reduce confidence that the map is showing the most recent information.

I would appreciate improvements to the live refresh system so that nearby Wazers continue updating automatically during navigation without requiring the app to be restarted. If this behavior is intentional to conserve data or battery, an optional setting for more frequent live refreshes would be a valuable addition for users who prioritize the most current road information.