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US law basically says that anyone can take a picture of you (there may be restrictions on the commercial use of a picture without the permission of the subjects, but your permission is not required simply to take the picture), so sure.

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maybe maybe not because the might think you look suspicious

Added: Nowadays almost every agency has video cameras in their patrol units and EVERYBODY is taped.

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