NYPD pulls thousands of body cameras after one caught fire while a police officer was wearing it

The New York Police Department is pulling thousands of body cameras from the field after one of them caught on fire while a police officer was wearing it.
The Daily Beast reports that a Vievu model LE-5 body camera “burst into flames” early Sunday morning while an officer was wearing it right outside a Staten Island police precinctAccording to the NYPD, “an officer retrieved a body-cam for deployment on a midnight tour and noticed there was smoke exiting from the bottom portal