Google made a big change to the incident reports feature in Google Maps, replacing speed traps with a more generic police identifier.
One of the best things Google did to Google Maps was to adopt the incident reports signature feature of Waze, which is also a Google-owned navigation app. It's those incident reports that made Waze so popular with drivers to begin with, and Google has slowly brought them to Google Maps. Google is still tweaking the experience in Google Maps. It just made a change to how users can report encounters with police.
Android Police reports that the police tag sits higher in the list of incidents you might report during drives. Google hinted at this incident report change during the summer when it gave Google Maps incident reporting a big change, offering the following screenshot: New Google Maps incident reports user interface. The feature will likely be available on all versions of Google Maps, including Android, iPhone, Android Auto, and CarPlay.
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