New York City’s Department of Corrections is briefly postponing using bodyworn cameras after an worker suffered burns and smoke inhalation remaining week when hers unexpectedly stuck fire.
The Rikers Island corrections officer, a captain who used to be no longer recognized, used to be rushed to Mount Sinai on Friday when her bodyworn digital camera stuck fire. The town’s Department of Corrections stated it used to be in touch with the digital camera’s producer to research the reason for the fire.
Corrections Commissioner Lynelle Maginley-Liddie stated in a remark that her ideas had been with the injured officer.
“The safety of our staff is paramount, which is why I am removing all body-worn cameras from service out of an abundance of caution while we investigate how and why this incident occurred,” Maginley-Liddie stated.
Though it is a first for the Department of Corrections, it’s no less than the second one time since 2018 {that a} New York City legislation enforcement officer has had a bodyworn digital camera catch fire.
The NYPD suspended using the Vievu fashion LE-5 body-worn digital camera in 2018 after an officer came upon his used to be smoking. According to NBC New York, the digital camera exploded in a while after the officer got rid of it from his physique and no accidents had been reported.
A identical incident happened with the Axon AB2 fashion cameras in 2021, when an officer additionally took off the digital camera when it all started to smoke. Axon showed on the time it used to be investigating after the device reportedly overheated, NBC New York reported.
NBC News reached out to the producer of the device worn via the corrections officer however the corporate didn’t right away go back a request for remark.