{"id":377882,"date":"2021-12-08T01:40:19","date_gmt":"2021-12-07T22:40:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/nypd-yanks-2000-body-cameras-after-device-explodes\/"},"modified":"2021-12-08T01:40:19","modified_gmt":"2021-12-07T22:40:19","slug":"nypd-yanks-2000-body-cameras-after-device-explodes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/nypd-yanks-2000-body-cameras-after-device-explodes\/","title":{"rendered":"#NYPD yanks 2,000 body cameras after device explodes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;<strong>#NYPD yanks 2,000 body cameras after device explodes<\/strong>&#8221;<\/p>\n<div>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignleft\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>The NYPD yanked 2,000 police body cameras after one of the devices exploded and caught fire in Manhattan, officials said Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>A cop in the 34th Precinct noticed smoke pouring out of the bottom of the Axon AB2 body camera that was on his jacket Monday \u2014 and when he took off the coat, the device ignited, the NYPD said in a statement.<\/p>\n<p>He was taken to a hospital \u201cout of an abundance of caution,\u201d the statement reads.<\/p>\n<p>Police sources said the cop suffered ringing to the ears because of the explosion.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe incident revealed a potential issue with the battery inside the camera,\u201d the NYPD said.<\/p>\n<p>The NYPD pointed out that the 2,000 Axons that were pulled from use accounted for a small percentage of the 23,000 body-worn cameras deployed to its officers. The department also said it was already in the process of phasing out the older Axons for the newer model, the Axon AB3.<\/p>\n<p>The statement went on to say that Police Commissioner Dermot Shea directed \u201cthe im<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">media<\/a>te examination of all Axon AB2 model cameras\u201d after the camera fire.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/12\/nypd-body-cam-fire-29.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1024\" alt=\"Axon body camera in use by NYPD officers\" class=\"wp-image-20406310\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/12\/nypd-body-cam-fire-29.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/12\/nypd-body-cam-fire-29.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/12\/nypd-body-cam-fire-29.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>The NYPD pulled 2,000 Axon AB2 body cameras out of use after the incident. <\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">William Farrington<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cOur top priority is keeping the men and women of the NYPD safe,\u201d the statement said.<\/p>\n<p>An NYPD spokesman added, \u201cBy the end of business today, Dec. 7, all Axon AB2 cameras will have been inspected. If there is any sign of an issue \u2014 the back plate bulging out \u2014 the battery and back panel is being replaced.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The scary incident was similar to another problem in 2018 when police body cameras began igniting. Some 3,000 Vievu model LE-5 cameras were yanked from the force, cops said at the time.\n                        <\/p><\/div>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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A cop in the 34th Precinct noticed smoke pouring out of the bottom of the Axon AB2 body camera that was on his jacket Monday \u2014&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":377883,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/12\/nypd-body-cam-fire-30a.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&w=1024","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[70897],"tags":[121127,70547,4952,5044,72384],"class_list":["post-377882","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-12-7-21","tag-dermot-shea","tag-manhattan","tag-nypd","tag-police-body-cameras"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/377882","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=377882"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/377882\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/377883"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=377882"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=377882"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=377882"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}