City Dept. of Correction pulls all body-worn cameras after one ignites, injures captain

The city Department of Correction temporarily pulled almost 3,500 body-worn cameras after one caught fire and injured a correction captain, the department said Saturday. The captain was on duty in the George R. Vierno Center on Rikers Island Friday when her Reveal Media D5 body-worn camera spontaneously ignited, said department press secretary Annais Morales. “[She’s] obviously shaken up, I ...

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