New York City jail guard suffers burns from body camera igniting

Officials accidental a skipper successful New York City’s Corrections Department suffered burns and fume inhalation erstwhile her assemblage camera abruptly caught fire

NEW YORK -- A skipper successful New York City's Department of Correction suffered burns and fume inhalation erstwhile her assemblage camera abruptly caught fire, prompting the section to halt utilizing the instrumentality pending an investigation.

The skipper was connected work astatine the Rikers Island jailhouse analyzable past Friday erstwhile her body-worn camera ignited without warning, correction section spokesperson Annais Morales said.

The captain, whose sanction was not released, was treated astatine a infirmary for burns and fume inhalation, Morales said.

“The information of our unit is paramount, which is wherefore I americium removing each body-worn cameras from work retired of an abundance of caution portion we analyse however and wherefore this incidental occurred,” Correction Commissioner Lynelle Maginley-Liddie said successful a statement.

More than 3,400 Reveal Media body-worn cameras, which are assigned to each uniformed staff, were pulled by the department, though much than 12,400 information cameras are inactive operating passim its facilities.

Spokespeople for Reveal Media did not respond to requests for comment.

Officials said this is the archetypal clip a assemblage camera has caught occurrence since the section started utilizing them successful 2015.

The probe is expected to instrumentality 1 to 2 weeks.