NEW YORK (WABC) -- More than 20,000 uniformed patrol officers in the NYPD are now equipped with body cameras after the department completed a rollout of the deployment.
The NYPD says it will give about 4,000 cameras to the department's specialty units by August.
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Thousands of cameras were temporarily taken out of service after one of them exploded last October. An investigation revealed a battery damaged by a paper clip used to reset the device was to blame for the blast.
The NYPD says this is the largest body camera deployment in the U.S.
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The department says it has recorded 3.5 million videos since 2017.
A court ruled last month that body camera footage is subject to public disclosure under New York law.
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