alex nieto was killed in a hail of 59 police bullets. emil carr, six bullets to his back. jessica williams, mario wood, some of the most vulnerable people in our city, all killed by the police. and there are many other names as well. there are simply too many moms and dads still in tears. please remember them, these families, these victims, as you enter these contract discussions. please remember the values that we share in this city of st. francis. keep these foremost in mind as you take part in creating this contract. in short, no justice, no deal. so thank you again for your careful attention to this important contract. >> thank you for your comments. [bell ringing] >> next speaker. >> good afternoon. my name is john crew. i've been a member of the no justice no deal coallatiition. i'm here as a resident for 40 years and a pissed off taxpayer. we spend an awful lot of money for police services in this town, and we're not getting anywhere close to what we're asking for. i'm going to quickly go through some history. the last time this negotiation or this mou was up for re

. >> i'm thinking right now of kenneth harding junior, alex nieto -- >> reporter: what followed was aiew by department of justice in washington. the police department received 272 recommendations. today half of them have been implemented or are close to being approved. >> use of force has dropped 18% in 2017. we hope that trend continues. we expect it to continue. >> reporter: citizen complaints also dropped by 9% in 2017. that is why you see a decrease in officer-involved shooting, because we've stopped getting complacent and we got serious. >> reporter: but last year president trump decided to scale back the program. that's until the california department of justice under javier bassera decided it would take on the job. >> at the end of the day, the people of the city and county of san francisco are going to be the big winners here. because we picked up the ball. we're going to run with it. >> our work is working. >> reporter: community leaders who fought for these reforms say, while police are making progress, they need an independent body to make sure they follow through. >> i wou

alisa, scott, martin, nicholas, erin, jamie, chris, luke, kara, gina, joclin, allana, nieto, helena, alex, carmen, and peter. 17 individuals who are missing now in the lives of their families, missing from what their classmates are experiencing every day, missing from the lives of those classmates, sometimes their best friend, sometimes their brother -- in the family contacts the brother or the sister or the son or the daughter. so as they -- as the songwriter says, those 17 are missing when they shut out the lights, they are missing when they close their eyes at night, and they are missing when they see the sunrise, and we have an obligation, we are dutybound as an institution, but maybe more importantly as a people to take action. the time is now, maybe not to finish action, but the time is now to take action. mr. president, i would yield the floor. the presiding officer: the senator from florida. mr. nelson: mr. president, as the senator from pennsylvania is leaving, those are the people whose names he just read. and that's why i'm here to tell you that teachers, students, and staff at