New York City Police Department Commissioner James P. O’Neill is suspending the use of body cameras after one exploded on the chest of an officer over the weekend.
The Vievu model LE-5 camera caught fire after the NYPD officer had already removed the device from his body. Nobody was injured.
“Last night, an officer retrieved a body-cam for deployment on a midnight tour and noticed there was smoke exiting from the bottom portal and immediately removed it,” the NYPD said in a statement. “After it was safely removed, the device exploded.”
The NYPD has nearly 3,000 of the body cameras in use. However, officials aren’t saying how many of the cameras were recalled.
Source: https://abcnews.go.com/US/york-police-department-halts-bodycams-explodes/story?id=58658403
