Watch out, Waze fans there's a bug that means reports of police aren't showing up for many

Date:
Wed, 12 Aug 2026 12:11:39 +0000

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It appears that a select number of Waze users aren't getting police alerts on the map, even though they're being submitted.

FULL STORY ======================================================================Copy link Facebook X Whatsapp Reddit Pinterest Flipboard Threads Email Share this article 0 Join the conversation Follow us Add us as a preferred source on Google Newsletter Subscribe to our newsletter Police reports are missing in Waze for some users The report submission process still seems to be working
As yet there's been no official acknowledgement One of the useful features that Waze offers to drivers is indications of a police presence or a speed camera on the road as supplied by the Waze community, like much of the app's data but you may not want to rely on its accuracy at the moment.

As reported by Android Police , plenty of Waze users are finding that police alerts aren't showing up on the map for them, or arriving too late.
Everything seems fine from the submission side, but the warnings aren't being passed on. Based on some of the Reddit threads that have popped up around the problem, this is affecting some, but not all, Waze users. It doesn't seem to be related to how long users have spent using the navigation app either. Latest Videos From TechRadar Watch full video here:

"On my morning commute I marked several police vehicles and mobile police cameras," says one Redditor. "I got the usual (points and thanks for helping other Wazers), however, what I'd just marked would either show up, then disappear or not show up at all." Keep trying Waze isnt showing police activity when marked - anyone else from r/waze Other users say they've seen
a delay in police reports showing up for a few weeks now, and there are some comments suggesting there's a problem with hazards of all types showing up on the map not just police reports. You may like Gemini calls break on Android Auto as users go back to Google Assistant I tested five speed camera
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"I just marked a speed trap and nothing showed up for me either," adds
another Redditor. "That's so annoying." It's clearly not something that users are imagining, but at the same time other Waze drivers are saying their
alerts are working fine.

We haven't heard anything official from Waze as of yet, and will update this article if we do, but for the time being it seems there's not much you can do about the bug except keep your app updated and wait for a fix to roll out.
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Given how prominent community contributions are in Waze, it's frustrating
that they seem to be at least partly down for a certain group of users
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