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There is never an absolute right to privacy as long as you are affecting someone else. Your mechanic is working on your car, his right is not absolute. It is, however, probably more significant than any 'right to privacy' a police officer has during the normal carrying out of his or her duties which can include the complete denial of rights to another citizen (whether lawful or not). The potential injury to an officer's right is not nearly as important here as what has been demonstrated to be a serious risk to human life on the part of the 'taper.'

Keep in mind also these tapes are generally made in public places, not in the officer's home, and in public the right to privacy is extremely limited (indeed the supreme court found that there is no right to privacy in a police station).