The New York Police Department has suspended use of almost 3,000 body cameras after one of them "exploded," according to a statement from the department.
Police said Sunday that an officer out on a midnight tour on Saturday before noticed smoke coming out of the bottom of his body camera and removed it immediately.
"After it was safely removed, the device exploded," according to the statement.
No one was injured, and the cause and scope of the defect were being investigated, police said, adding that the incident "revealed a potential for the battery inside the camera to ignite."
