NYPD Removes 3,000 Body Cams After One Explodes

New York Police Department (NYPD) Sergeant Joseph Freer demonstrates how to use and operate a body camera during a media press conference on December 3, 2014 in New York City. Andrew Burton/Getty Images

Nearly 3,000 body-worn cameras have been taken off the streets in New York after one exploded inside a Staten Island NYPD precinct on Oct. 21.

NYC Police Commissioner James O’Neill says police officers should not use the body-worn camera model Vievu LE5 until they are fixed, according to a police statement released Oct. 21.