The app, Denúncia Estacionamento (Report Parking), is free to obtain from the Google Play retailer.
The app explains that customers can “ship a grievance about parking to the respective authorities”. To make use of it, all you need to do is set up it after which fill in some particulars concerning the state of affairs, together with the situation, sort of automobile and downside with the parking, then the applying creates an e-mail and sends it to the respective police drive.
Based on a report by Postal, the police have confirmed that they observe up on residents’ complaints on this method, in accordance with the provisions of article 170.5 of the Freeway Code.
The applying covers all areas of the nation and foresees a sequence of parking illegalities, reminiscent of: automobiles parked in handicapped areas or parked in entrance of a visitors mild.
João Pimentel Ferreira, the programmer who developed the app, explains to Polígrafo that the aim of making the app was “to report infractions in mild of the freeway code, primarily associated to unlawful parking”.
“Initially ANSR issued a press release to the police relating to the app, stating that an individual must go to the police station to establish themselves, however then I developed means for customers to authenticate themselves via the Digital Cell Key, which, for authorized functions, is equal to the required presence”.
The alert is shipped to the authority: PSP, GNR or Municipal Police that’s closest to the place of incidence, or, if the consumer prefers, a normal e-mail is shipped to the PSP or GNR.
The police can not settle for nameless complaints, “as a result of the particular person is required to current themselves as a witness, in order that the offender receives the tremendous”.
