This is a potential problem. In the OP the officer waits until after the situation to upload. If it's not live streaming then you risk being attacked so that the video footage is prevented from being uploaded.

This issue came up here in the past in relation to apps for recording audio using a smartphone.

>I don't care about breaking surveillance laws. //

This is especially interesting to me as you're effectively gathering evidence that could show you broke the law. I'd assume in the UK such evidence, if found, could be used against you.

Would you need to wear a sign saying "video recording in operation"?

I should have been clearer though. For my purposes the video / audio would have very limited use. "Hey! They did this thing that they must not do! That's why I did what I did".

NHS (uk health service) complaints system is a bit broken and recording appointments would be useful for me.

It seems to me that those two statements are very much at odds with each other, unless the 'benefit' you're getting from life-logging is simply personal or emotional satisfaction. What 'benefit' are we talking about here?

Without a recording my options are to write a nearest relative's letter of order to discharge, and face the wrarh of the psychologist who could then cause considerable trouble for me and my spouse.

With the recording all the backlash from the psych is damped down when I let people know what actually happened.

Recording that meeting has some ethical and moral problems and the other people in the meeting would be strongly against me recording it. And while there might be laws against it they tend not to be strictly enforced over here.

There are a bunch of other "he said she said" situations where a recording might be useful.