Build a mental map
Connect every street name with its position instead of memorising an isolated list.
PATROL AREA FAMILIARIZATION · NEW ASSIGNMENT
New police officer? Learn the streets in your patrol area.
When an address or intersection is dispatched, knowing the main roads, side streets and connections between neighbourhoods helps you understand the area you serve. Name This Street turns your patrol area into short recall exercises on a real map.
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Place intersections
Learn how streets relate to one another and to the area’s main roads.
Understand the area being named
Become familiar with streets and neighbourhoods discussed at shift briefing.
Review difficult streets
Learning mode brings back streets that still need active recall.
FROM ROUTE TO RECALL
Recognising a street is not always the same as naming it.
A recruit may follow a route, recognise a landmark or find the station without being able to recall the street name immediately. Area knowledge also grows through names, directions and intersections.
“The street name comes over the radio. Can you already place it in your patrol area?”
The game provides a complementary practice space: attempt an answer, see the street in context and repeat until its name becomes familiar.
A SIMPLE ROUTINE
From the station outward, one street at a time.
Use the game between training activities to organise street-name recall. Start small, then expand the territory as the first roads become familiar.
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Frame the area
Position the map over the immediate territory of your assignment.
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Create the area
Save that territory as your personal learning area.
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Name the streets
Answer from the map or a street photo when one is available.
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Review mistakes
Difficult streets return sooner in review sessions.
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Expand the territory
Gradually add main roads and neighbouring areas.
THE PRODUCT IN PRACTICE
A real map. Four choices. Immediate feedback.
Name This Street hides the label of a road in the selected area. Identify it from four names and the answer appears directly in its map context. Some questions also use street-level photos.
In learning mode, every street keeps its own history: new, learning, due or mastered. Progress stays in the browser, with no user account.
Try it with my patrol area streets →AT SHIFT BRIEFING OR BETWEEN ACTIVITIES
Turn a few available minutes into active recall.
A short session can target streets that are due or let you practise freely across your area.
THE RIGHT PLACE IN YOUR TRAINING
A memory supplement, not an operational tool.
The game’s value is deliberately specific: practising street-name recall and relative location. Decisions in the field must always rely on your police service’s approved tools, procedures and operational information.
What the game can supplement
- Initial familiarization with a new patrol area
- Area tours and study of official maps
- Recall of main roads, side streets and intersections
- Personal review after a transfer or new assignment
What it does not replace
- Official training or qualification assessment
- Procedures, official maps, dispatch and routing tools
- Precise addresses, access, hazards and traffic restrictions
- Approved navigation and operational decision-making
WHO IS IT FOR?
One patrol area, several learning moments.
Police recruit
Start around the station before gradually widening the territory.
New assignment
Rebuild your reference points after moving to a new station or patrol area.
Patrol officer
Review streets and intersections in a less frequently travelled area.
Oncoming shift
Use the game as individual preparation before an area discussion.
FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
Street learning for police officers
How can a new police officer learn the streets in a patrol area?
Start with a small patrol area. Try to recall each name before seeing the answer, connect the street with its intersections and review confusing roads more frequently. Expand the area once the first section becomes familiar.
Does the game replace department training or operational area knowledge?
No. It supplements only the learning of street names and positions. It does not replace department training, area tours, procedures, official maps, dispatch tools or approved navigation systems.
Does the game contain addresses, hazards or operational information?
No. The game focuses on recognising streets from a map or photo. Precise addresses, access, hazards, restrictions and other operational information must be consulted in official sources.
How does learning mode work?
Define an area. Each street keeps its attempts, mistakes, successful recalls, state and next review in the browser’s local storage.
Is Name This Street free?
Yes. The game is free, requires no sign-up and works in mobile and desktop browsers.
TAKE OWNERSHIP OF THE AREA
What is the next street you need to know?
Frame your territory, create the area and begin practising.
Create my learning area →Supplementary educational tool. Always use the maps, procedures, navigation systems and operational information approved by your police service.