There aren’t many places that are inherently private. Even in your own house or yard, there are people who will spy on you from public locations, or locations that you can’t control. I get that privacy has to be created, but the underlying question is: should public employees have the same rights in creating and enforcing that privacy as private sector employees?
I don’t know where you work, but I’m guessing you would not like it if someone walked in off the street into your workplace and started taking videos of you, asking obnoxious questions and demanding to be let into places in your building just because…I’m guessing you or your employer would insist the person leave or the police would be called. Your place of business may be able to ban the person, or even have the person arrested and charged with trespassing if they don’t leave.
This is what I’m talking about when I say privacy and safety. How far should we be able to go in creating a safe and private workplace? How do we deal with people who violate what we create? Should public employees, including police stations not have the same rights and expectations of private sector employees?
