Moreover, he said the measure would “force the city to assume liability and risk that it shouldn’t have,” referring to anti-crime cameras operated by neighborhood organizations which share data with city police.

He also said the bill would “complicate efforts” to share camera footage with other entities such as Metro Transit and college campus security forces.

Gaskill-Clemons also questioned the bill’s requirement that the annual report provide data on arrests and crime reduction in specified geographic areas to analyze the success of a particular technology. He said crime rates also are affected by other factors.

“We are not going to achieve our public safety outcomes just by employing cameras,” he said.

Gaskill-Clemons added that the bill needs to assign “overall accountability” for such equipment to the mayor instead of the city’s public safety director, a mayoral appointee.

Collins-Muhammad held off asking for a committee vote on the bill to allow more work on it. Gaskill-Clemons said he plans within 30 days to complete a proposed administrative policy on the same issue. That was due last month under an aldermanic resolution passed earlier this year.