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Well, the local government doesn't pick up the trash, I can't think of any places where those people are still city employees. In my experience, they're all contractors with the local government, so, not government employees. But, and IANAL, I reckon that the protectable interest in private affairs would still extend to the transaction between the citizen and the garbage collector, and not to the police.

Think about it, if you get hurt and go to the county hospital, you're being treated by a government employee doctor and nurse--would that imply that they can pass on the information to other government agencies, say, the police, just because they draw their pay from the same source? I really doubt it.