Dozens of members of the public, teachers, former students and police officers shared their feelings about the presence of police in D.C. public schools as District leaders listened. The Council of the Whole held a more than five-hour-long hearing Wednesday to listen to school stakeholders about their thoughts on the recommendations of the D.C. Police Reform Commission, which issued its report two weeks ago. The report, which took seven months to prepare contained more than 90 recommendations calling for, among other things, a reduction in the size of the Metropolitan Police Department and a decentralization of the police as the go-to responders for public safety.