The officer tracking fears are hyperbole...
Waze lets you report cop's locations, but..
A) if you are reporting an individual cop or cop car, those move around as they pull over traffic violators, get other calls, etc. So by the time you really see a cop on Waze, there is a good chance that they have moved on from that location
B) If you report traffic stops, cops at accidents or sobriety checkpoints, then there are at least 4-5 officers at each of those. Unless you are interested in "suicide-by-cop", you are not going to take on that many officers.
C) The cops being reported are uniformed public officials in black-and-whites, operating in public spaces. Their activities can also impact traffic flow. They have no right to shield their presence from taxpayers and responsible motorists.
D) Waze also allows you to report road work, and therefore public road workers. I doubt they mind having their locations reported.
I'm guessing that this is A) massive oversensitivity bordering on paranoia about a statistically miniscule chance that Waze will be used to track down a random cop and kill him and B) people are using Waze to avoid speed traps and sobriety checkpoints, and police departments are worried about their traffic ticket revenues.
Biting the hand that feeds IT
