European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 9, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 4 the stars and stripes monday september 9, 1991 2 sex chiefs criticize firings in Milwaukee Milwaukee up two former Milwaukee police chiefs condemned chief Philip Arreolas decision to fire two officers for returning a naked teenager to Jeffrey l. Dahmer who killed the boy when they left minority Community leaders however praised the chiefs decision. Arreola fired John Balcerzak and Joseph Gabrish and put Richard Porubcan on probation for one year for failing to follow department rules and procedures. They had returned the naked and a obviously incapacitated Koserak Sintha Somphone 14, to the alleged serial killers apartment May 27. The officers were called to Dahmer a neighbourhood to answer a report of a naked male staggering on the Street. Court papers say Dahmer lured the boy to his apartment to pose for photos drugged him and went to buy Beer. He returned to the apartment to find Sintha Somphone staggering outside and police on the scene. Dahmer told police that the boy was drunk that he was his adult Lover and that he would take care of him. The officers returned the boy to Dahmer a apartment. Dahmer has said he killed the laotian when the officers left. Two former Milwaukee police chiefs Harold Brier and Robert Ziarnik said they believe Arreolas decision to fire the officers was unfair and politically motivated. Breier called the firings a a crying shame and said they were being used As a Means of avoiding confrontation with Community groups that threatened civil disobedience if the officers were not dismissed. A in my opinion the officers made a judgment Call and i done to think you should fire someone just because poor judgment was made a said Breier who retired in 1984 after 20 years As chief. A if you re asking me if i would fire them from where in a sitting now id say  Ziarnik said Arreola will now have difficulty managing his department because the officers wont be Able to Trust their chief. He also said that although some punishment probably would have been appropriate firing the officers for using poor judgment was excessive. Arreola Drew Praise from the Community for Justice a group including Many Black elected leaders that had urged the firing of All three officers. Alderman Marvin e. Pratt spokesman for the group said he was not sure if the firings would affect relations Between the department and Blacks but said Arreola had made the right decision. A we should try to move ahead and decrease the racial polarization and divisiveness in the Community a Pratt said. Quot Overall the Black Community is supportive of the police  Arreola also received support from the victims family. A i really done to think he had any alternative based on the conduct of the officers that night a said Robert Slattery the family a lawyer. Leaders of Black and homosexual rights groups in the City praised Arreola As a Man of integrity and a driving Force in improving police Community relations. Dah Mcra Scase renewed feelings among Many Milwaukee minorities that they receive inadequate police Protection. Suspended sentence Eric Ivey hangs from the ceiling of a Detroit police department lockup saturday after escaping into a crawl space that led nowhere. While trying to Inch his Way Back to his cell he became stuck upside Down in a ceiling duct Ivey had been jailed on a Misdemeanour charge of driving without a License. He now faces a charge of trying to escape a felony punishable by up to two years  plans restrictions on some Boeing 757s Washington apr the Federal aviation administration is set to order restrictions on the use of thrust reversal braking systems on some Boeing 757s similar to those placed earlier on Boeing 767 models officials said saturday. Dave Duff of the Faass regulation and certification division declined to go into detail. But he said Quot i can assure you we will be taking some action the first of the  ins cattle Boeing spokesman Steven Smith said the action would affect 165 planes flown by Northwest United Delta american trans air and United parcel service plus 14 operated by the foreign airlines Royal air maroc Condor ethiopian Shanghai and la Deco of Chile. The Boeing 757 order covers Only those with Pratt amp Whitney engines which have Hydraulic directional control valves. Another 209 of the medium Range planes have Rolls Royce engines that use pneumatic directional control valves. The pending action was first disclosed by Anthony j. Bronc Rock associate Faa administrator in an interview published in sunday editions of the Washington Post. The action on the Boeing 767s taken earlier was in re spouse to the crash of a Lauda airlines flight in Thailand on May 26 that killed All 223 aboard. The Faa has said that an investigation of that Accident has not shown definitively that the thrust reverser was at fault but showed a a number of possible discrepancies in the thrust reverser control  flight Crews typically reverse engines on Landing to assist an aircraft a brakes but the Faa said planes Are designed to Stop safely without having to use the reverse thruster. The concern is that the thrusters could cause some types of air planes a particularly Large ones with Only one engine mounted on each Wing a to become uncontrollable if the thruster is somehow accidentally activated in flight. A one thing we want to emphasize is that we be had no evidence of inadvertent thrust reverser deployment on 757s,�?� Smith added. The Faa action on the 767s required deactivation of the thrusters so they could not be used a whether on purpose or accidentally a pending engineering changes that would prevent accidental deployment. Police have hands full with fake dangling arms Charleston . A increasingly popular fake arms that Dangle from car trunks have kept police up to their elbows in reports from people worried they re seeing the real thing. Officers Arentt exactly up in arms Over the gag gifts but they Are getting weary of chasing cars equipped with the plastic appendages. A when they told me what it was i Felt so stupid Quot one woman told the Charleston Gazette after spotting an  dangling from the trunk of a car along interstate 64 last week. A but my heart is still  the $10 arms Are designed to be attached to car trunks refrigerators or other objects a sort of an anatomical practical joke. A if you be never seen one of those in a gag gift shop or one of those in a Magazine advertisement i could see where someone would be very alarmed a said state police spokesman Ric Robinson. A but once you see one you realize what it is. Nancy criscuolo the buyer in charge of gag gifts at Spencer gifts inc. Headquarters in Pleasantville n.j., said she has heard of no problems with the arms. She refused to say who makes them. A a we be had them in our stores for some time a she said. A was of this Date we have not had any problems with  state police Cpl. . Davis was on the Road tuesday when a Motorist reported a car on interstate 79 with an  dangling from the trunk. The car Wasny to stopped and Davis said there is Little that could be done to the Driver . Ferry terminal swept by fire 13 Hurt new York a a suspicious fire broke out sunday at the Manhattan terminal of the Staten Island ferry chasing out commuters collapsing part of the building and spreading smoke Over new York Harbor. At least 13 people were injured mostly from smoke inhalation. About 200 firefighters and 40 units including three fire boats were sent to the scene at the lower tip of Manhattan said fire department spokesman Tom Kelly one of the boats was equipped to blast the building with a Stream of 8,000 Gallons of water per minute deliberately punching holes through the terminals Sheet Metal exterior to get water onto the fire. The Blaze concentrated under the roof was under control at 11 45 . Edt about three and a half hours after it was reported said mayor David Dinkins. Fire commissioner Carlos Rivera said the fire May have been arson because of a the great volume of fire the firemen found when they first  officials said damage was heavy with the ceiling caving in and Walls buckling. Ferry service across the Harbor was to continue from an adjacent coast guard slip said coast guard capt. John Mil Brand. In addition bus service was available via the verrazano Narrows Bridge. About 40,000 commuters use the Staten Island ferry daily said Staten Island Borough president Guy Molinari. A the situation is going to be chaotic a he said. Kelly said Asbestos was released during the fire and at least a dozen firefighters had to be decontaminated. At least 13 minor injuries were reported including two civilians nine police officers and two firefighters said emergency medical services spokeswoman Sandra Sharpe