The physique digicam started emitting fumes inside a management room on the Otis Bantum Correctional Heart on Dec. 4. The gadget was not being worn when it ignited and no accidents resulted because of the malfunction.
The division had deliberate on retiring its older-model physique cameras and changing them with extra fashionable units by the tip of the 12 months, the DOC spokesperson mentioned.
The malfunction spurred officers to speed up the deliberate improve by a number of weeks with a purpose to safeguard officers.
“The safety of our staff and people in our care are first and foremost, which is why we are replacing all the existing devices for new, upgraded cameras,” mentioned DOC Commissioner Lynelle Maginley-Liddie.
That is the second time this 12 months that DOC has suspended use of physique cameras at metropolis jails in response to a tool spontaneously combusting.
A captain was injured after her Reveal Media D5 body-worn digicam all of the sudden ignited on the George R. Vierno Heart on Rikers Island on Could 3, spurring officers to quickly pull all 3,500 physique cameras then in service.
Medics introduced the captain to Mt. Sinai Hospital the place she was handled for smoke inhalation and launched.
The NYPD pulled 2,000 Axon AB2 body-worn cameras offline for inspection in 2021 after a cop on the thirty fourth Precinct in Inwood, Manhattan, seen smoke popping out of 1, police mentioned. The cop eliminated it and it “ignited,” in keeping with a memo launched on the time.
Initially Revealed: December 6, 2024 at 8:51 PM EST
