Yeah. It was mostly the cameramen that followed them around. If you were watching, they'd pan around and you'd see a clock on the wall, or on a bank sign, wherever. The clock would say 9:30 PM for example, and if you are in same time zone, and you looked at yer watch, it would also say 9:30 PM. They used to follow Pasco Co FL. Wish I was still living there at the time, because most of their footage came right from the area where I lived, near U.S. 19. Had I seen them at the local Wawa or Walmart on the show, I would have jumped in my car to get there and hover in the background while recording it, just to be on the TeeVee. Hehe
I wondered this too. As usual, the answer: "It depends." works here as well. https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/535912/how-can-live-pd-show-suspect-faces-without-consent Did “Live PD” Let Police Censor Footage? https://www.themarshallproject.org/2020/07/01/did-live-pd-let-police-censor-footage https://www.quora.com/Is-Live-PD-actually-live-or-is-it-pre-recorded/answer/Laynie-Miller