Signed release is not required when there is a microphone stuck in your face and you're talking into it, consent is implied.
Public events are just that - public. The law speaks to private conversations where a reasonable amount of privacy is to be expected.
Public events are just that - public. The law speaks to private conversations where a reasonable amount of privacy is to be expected.
I was not talking abut the people getting interviewed - I was talking about people just a part of crowd protesting - they are getting recorded as well. And if being in public implies that there is an implied consent to being recorded, then that applies to officers as well...
The article is discussing conversations taking place as a part of the officer performing his public duty - often in public. If it is happening in public, such as getting cited or arrested at the side of the road, then there should be no expectation of privacy by the officer.