Waze's most popular option was blocked in two European countries

Sand is a Waze user is likely to know the possibility of leaving warnings to other people who use the browsing app. Whether it's to handle an accident on your route or to warn for more intense traffic, Waze is considered by many to be the best driver app that wants to have faster and more efficient travel.

Some also use Waze to report police presence on certain routes, which is naturally used by some users to drive above the speed limit or with blood alcohol levels above what is legally permitted.

However, it seems that two European countries have already tried to block this functionality. As can be seen on the Waze customer support page, the possibility of reporting the location of the police is blocked in Switzerland and Liechtenstein since last August.

“The functionality of reporting the police was disabled in Switzerland and Liechtenstein in August 2026”you can read this one official Waze page. “ Currently, this functionality is no longer available in these two countries. All other features of the application continue to function normally: navigation, real-time traffic information, road hazard alerts and route calculation”.

Waze goes so far as to explain that the blockade was made on legal basis and notes that in Switzerland, the law “prohibits devices intended to hinder, interrupt or render ineffective official road traffic monitoring and warn road users about such checks”. As noted by bGR site, this law has been in force for more than ten years, and Google has only started applying it in the last month.

Of course, this means that residents in Switzerland and Liechtenstein cannot use this feature. Furthermore, tourists or people passing through the two countries will not be able to access this information either.

Remember that Switzerland and Liechtenstein are not the only two countries where the possibility of reporting police location is absent from Waze. France passed a law in 2019 that also prohibits features like this.