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Basically, if the cops stop you, you can pretty much assume they are trying to bust you for something, so you should have every right to record them for these reasons:
1. You have a right to present evidence in your own defense(it can be assumed they are trying to put a court case on you)
2. cops routinely record these encounters, so you should be able to, also, as a matter of equal protection and due process
3. they are in public, and performing a public duty, and little they do or say in that context, aside from special circumstances(going to the bathroom, talking on the phone) has a compelling privacy interest