European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - December 25, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Wednesday thursday december 25/26, 1991 the stars and stripes a Page 7 under water homeowners in Lake Travis Texas Man Euver boats around rooftops and Street signs monday As they search for their belongings swept away by floodwaters. Five Days of torrential Rains in Central and Northern Texas have caused Many Rivers to Rise above flood stage. More weather on Page 11. Jaywalker who spat at police guilty of assault in aids Case Cincinnati apr an aids infected Man was convicted monday of assault for spitting blood at sheriffs officers and bloody saliva at a jail nurse in what authorities called an Effort to infect them. In his decision to convict Stevenql Banion of lesser charges the judge said the officers probably were too rough with of Banion after he was brought into jail on charges of jaywalking and disorderly conduct. A a it a a Case which unfortunately should never have happened a common pleas judge Gilbert Bettman said. A it did no to have to happen if those involved had used some common sense and  prosecutors accused of Banion of trying to kill three Hamilton county deputies and the nurse on sept. 3 by infecting them with the aids virus. Of Banion said the officers beat him drawing blood and taunted him for being a homosexual. The sheriffs department has concluded that officers did not use excessive Force. Of Banion 40, originally was charged with four counts of attempted murder three counts of felonious assault and one of aggravated assault. The judge last week dismissed the attempted murder charges ruling that prosecutors failed to prove spitting blood infected with the aids virus could cause death. He also dismissed one of the three felonious assault charges and reduced the aggravated assault charge involving the nurse to simple assault. On monday the judge reduced the two remaining felonious assault charges to simple assault. He found o Banion guilty of All three counts of simple assault. The judge set sentencing for feb. 12. Assault carries a maximum penalty of six months in jail and a $1,000 Fine. Felonious assault carries a maximum prison term of five to 25 years. Killer May have claimed 19th victim Riverside Calif. Apr the body of a woman authorities believe is the 19th victim of a serial killer preying on prostitutes and drug users was found monday in an Orange Grove. Workers in an Orange Grove found the woman who apparently had been dead Only a Short time. The woman a name Hadnot been released by late monday. Detective Henry Sawicki a spokesman for the Riverside county sheriffs department which is in charge of a 14-member task Force investigating the slay Ings said the victim was probably in her late 30s. Details of the serial killer investigation Are closely guarded and investigators no longer say How the victims died. Some of the earlier victims were round naked and were stabbed or strangled. The body of the first victim was found in 1986. The remains of the 18th victim 35-year-old Delliah Zamora were discovered oct. 30 on a Road near  cops face changing role by the Washington Post new York a sgt. Andrew mag Oeva a View of police work in the. Future has Little resemblance to the old television dramas. No More a police officer As fire extinguisher Quot said Mcgoey a 23-year police Veteran in Brooklyn. The future is the police officer As Community organizer detective Alderman and crime fighter. C criminologists Call it Quot Community  the Days Are numbered for police officers cruising with crackling radios sending them on the next emergency Call a speeding to the scene with sirens blaring taking care of the matter getting Back in the ear and. Between doughnuts doing it again. Running around in a radio ear is not a very effective Way to  Mcgoey said. Quot being a Good cop is knowing the Community and knowing enough to be Able to solve problems rather than just react to  Community policing is a philosophy that has taken on a different concept in each City. A Community police officers goal is to become familiar with and accessible to Law abiding locals gain their Trust and draw on their knowledge to help uproot lawbreakers and thereby prevent crime. Nearly two thirds of the nation s my largest police departments have instituted some form of Community policing or Are considering doing so. Said Robert Trojanowicz director of i no National Center for Community policing at Michigan state University. From los Angeles to Baltimore police officers have been pulled out of squad cars to walk a beat. In Seattle Portland ore., or Miami they ride bicycles a in St. Petersburg fla., Golf carts. In Aurora Colo., police attend a a neighbourhood watch Quot or local merchants meetings. In Flint mich., and Houston they have established storefront offices in malls and housing projects. The first Shock for Many residents in cities with some form of Community policing conies from slower response times to some emergency "911�?� Calls. For instance Houston s police department ranks Calls in a sort of 911 triage where Only the most critical Calls a say a Man with a gun a receive an immediate response. Under Community policing Trojanowicz said Quot you guarantee Quick response time for All life threatening situations which is 5 percent in a typical Community. Then citizens have to be patient in other  with Community policing familiar standards for measuring Law enforcement Success become obsolete. In traditional policing officers win promotions based partly on their arrest totals. With Community policing the Ideal is to deter situations usually leading to arrest. A we Stop in bars and Tell the bartenders to announce to the patrons we re going to be doing drunk driving enforcement outside of the bar on the Highway Quot said police Apt. Dave  of Aurora Colo. Community policing requires a new Breed of officer As skilled at Public relations As police work the experts say. Tot found Frozen hos 7miraculous year of recovery Elkins . Apr a year after she was found nearly Frozen in a Snowbank with her heart stopped and eyes open 4-year-old Brittany Eichelberger counts to 10, says the alphabet up to a a go and loves to dance. A a in a just glad she Sok a said Melinda Eichelberger Brittany smother. A she did no to even lose some of her fingers or toes like the doctors said she might. A a in be Learned not to underestimate Little kids. Its really  last Christmas eve Eichelberger went looking for her daughter and found her Blue tinged body dressed in Only a to shirt and underwear outside a neighbor s Back door a the Snow had partly covered up her legs a said Eichelberger 21. Doctors estimated Brittany had been outside for about three hours. Her body temperature had fallen to 74 degrees stopping her heart doctors said. Brittany a Blue eyes had Frozen open and her hands and feet were curled and Frostbitten according to paramedic Brenda Dailey. Neighbor Paul Owens heard Eichel bergers screams and gave Brittany cardiopulmonary resuscitation until help arrived 20 minutes later. Doctors at Davis memorial Hospital continued car wrapped her in blankets used heat lamps and pumped warm fluids into Brittany a body for hours. As her body warmed Brittany a heart resumed beating. That evening she was flown to children a Hospital of Pittsburgh where doctors said she would lose the tips of her fingers and toes. They also predicted Brittany would need months of therapy to walk normally. A at first we did t think she had a Chance a Eichelberger said. Quot then they told us not to get our Hopes up. They wanted us to keep her up there at a rehabilitation facility. We said absolutely  the family did t think she needed to stay there and Brittany was insistent on going Home. Brittany came Home Jan. 7. She was walking in Early february and was moving her fingers normally by the end of april according to her Mother. A she had physical therapy for about three months but she did a lot of the work on her own Quot Eichelberger said. Quot shed just sit in front of the television and try to move her fingers and  an occasional loss of balance is the Only lingering effect of Brittany a exposure her Mother said. But Brittany is Quick to protest when someone Calls her a the Miracle  a a in a not the Miracle baby in a just a regular baby Quot Brittany said when a videotape of a to re enactment of her plight was played on the family scr. Brittany Eichelberger