{"id":3486,"date":"2018-10-22T12:37:51","date_gmt":"2018-10-22T12:37:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.styledeals.co.uk\/blog\/new-york-police-body-warn-cameras-recalled-after-explosion\/"},"modified":"2018-10-22T12:37:51","modified_gmt":"2018-10-22T12:37:51","slug":"new-york-police-body-warn-cameras-recalled-after-explosion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.styledeals.co.uk\/blog\/new-york-police-body-warn-cameras-recalled-after-explosion\/","title":{"rendered":"New York police body-warn cameras recalled after explosion"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Police in New York have been told to stop using some of their body-worn cameras after one of them exploded.<\/p>\n

On Saturday, a night officer noticed smoke coming out of their camera and took it off. It then exploded, the NYPD said in a statement.<\/p>\n

It ordered officers to stop using the Vievu LE-5 camera out of “an abundance of caution”.<\/p>\n

The force has about 3,000 of these cameras, but also has more than 10,000 other cameras that are not affected.<\/p>\n

New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio has said he wants every patrol officer to wear a body camera by the end of 2019.<\/p>\n

Vievu won a $6.4 million (\u00a34.9m) contract to supply body cameras to the NYPD in 2016.<\/p>\n

“The incident revealed a potential for the battery inside the camera to ignite. The cause and scope of the defect are currently being investigated,” the NYPD<\/a> said.<\/p>\n

“There were no injuries sustained. <\/p>\n

“The department is in the process of collecting and removing the LE-5 cameras from the commands now.” <\/p>\n

Axon, which owns Vievu, said it was working with the NYPD to investigate the issue.<\/p>\n

“Officer safety is of the utmost importance to Axon. We will do whatever is necessary to quickly and safely resolve this situation,” it told the news site Engadget<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n


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