The surveillance cameras of the New York Police Corps recalled after the explosion

The New York police has been ordered to stop using some of its body-worn cameras after the explosion of one of them.

On Saturday, a night officer noticed that smoke was escaping from their camera and removed. It then exploded, the NYPD said in a statement.

He ordered the officers to stop using the Vievu LE-5 camera with "a lot of caution".

The force has about 3,000 of these cameras, but more than 10,000 other cameras are unaffected.

Mayor of New York City, Bill de Blasio, said he wished every officer on the patrol to carry a camera for the body by the end of 2019.

Vievu won a $ 6.4 million (£ 4.9 million) contract for the supply of surveillance cameras to the NYPD in 2016.

"The incident revealed that the battery inside the camera was likely to ignite. The cause and extent of the defect are currently being investigated. An investigation, "said the New York police.

"There were no injuries.

"The department is currently collecting and removing LE-5 cameras from the controls."

Axon, owner of Vievu, said he was working with the NYPD to investigate the matter.

"Agent safety is of the utmost importance to Axon and we will do whatever is necessary to resolve this situation quickly and safely," he told the Engadget news site.