The change aims to cover all police activities, not just speed traps, enhancing road transparency. Google Maps is pretty much the king of handy features,

Google made a big change to the incident reports feature in Google Maps, replacing speed traps with a more generic police identifier.

Google Maps has quietly updated its incident reporting feature to replace the "Speed trap" option with a more generic "Police" report. This change has been observed in the latest version of the app, which aims to provide a more accurate way for users to report police presence on the roads — whether it's for a speed trap,

Google Maps has quietly altered how incident reports work, with a new "Police" option that replaces speed traps.

Google Maps went through a huge change earlier this year — fixing the way you report incidents to something a little more akin to its sibling, Waze. From cars in the road to major accidents, it’s a way for users to help keep Google maps up to date in real time.