i have found folks who record sometimes get a rude awakening. have seen them record the evidence used against them and get that funny look on their face
Some yahoos broke into a local rich guy's estate (guy made millions on video games) and had a party. They took pix of themselves living it up - nice, clear pix. Forgot the camera when they left. Made TV news. Promptly identified and taken into custody. Much laughter. (from everyone else.)
Unless someone's in a state that requires consent of
both people to make a recording, there's not much of a parallel with recording normal interactions with a government employee . . .
i got gigged at virginia theological seminary for setting my vid cam up to do time lapse.
Coffee fund at work was being pilfered, so some folks did the same. Caught the custodian. Corporate security showed him the tape and "encouraged" him to resign. (he did.) Good result, attaboys all around.
Today, we no longer have regular corporate security - it's been outsourced.
To Wackenhut.