I typically use Waze to track police and hazards but lately my state has been using much more aircraft based patrol. My recommendation is that once a user has reached the police checkpoint or signs that notify the drivers of aircraft patrol that a Waze user can flag the police presence and the app automatically posts a police airplane symbol 2 miles or so back from the flagged location. Often times it is far too late for the driver in this situation to react.
The other idea is to allow you to flag a police officer that is traveling near you or in the same direction. In this case, you could flag a moving police officer as you travel and that way both on coming and approaching vehicles will know there is a police presence in the area. It may be best to have this on either a timer or manual setting so users can drop the flag in the even to officer stops or turns off your path.
Anonymous
I typically use Waze to track police and hazards but lately my state has been using much more aircraft based patrol. My recommendation is that once a user has reached the police checkpoint or signs that notify the drivers of aircraft patrol that a Waze user can flag the police presence and the app automatically posts a police airplane symbol 2 miles or so back from the flagged location. Often times it is far too late for the driver in this situation to react.
The other idea is to allow you to flag a police officer that is traveling near you or in the same direction. In this case, you could flag a moving police officer as you travel and that way both on coming and approaching vehicles will know there is a police presence in the area. It may be best to have this on either a timer or manual setting so users can drop the flag in the even to officer stops or turns off your path.