THIS APPLICATION HAS NO AFFILIATION WITH THE POLICE OR ANY STATE OR GOVERNMENTAL ENTITY
This application was developed by a private citizen with the intention of allowing other citizens to report illegally parked cars to the respective authorities, under paragraph 5 of article 170 of the Highway Code.
The legal and official basis for article 170 of the Highway Code can be found at one of these two URLs:
1) https://diariodarepublica.pt/dr/legislacao-consolidada/lei/2013-116041830-116043580;
2) https://www.pgdlisboa.pt/leis/lei_mostra_articulado.php?tabela=leis&artigo_id=&nid=349&ficha=101&pagina=&nversao=&so_miolo=
The application simply allows you to send an email to the respective police authority depending on the location of the incident. The contact details of the authorities we use can be found here:
GNR: https://www.gnr.pt/contactos.aspx
PSP: https://www.psp.pt/Pages/onde-estamos.aspx
The application already covers all regions of the country and already addresses a number of parking violations, such as parking in a disabled parking space or before a traffic light.
This application is completely free, without advertising, and its code is fully open and shared (source: https://github.com/jfoclpf/form-for-parking-violation).