AMERICAN POLICE BEAT: OCTOBER 2017 3 Order your own MONTHLY subscription today. Call 1-800-234-0056 or go to www.APBweb.com American Police Beat (ISSN 1082-653X; USPS #24948), also hereafter referred to as “APB,” is published twelve times a year for $12 per year, $20 for two years or $26 for three years. APB is published by APB International, 505 8th Avenue, Ste 1004, New York, NY 10018. Periodicals Postage Paid at New York, NY and Additional Mailing Offices. Telephone: 800-234-0056. Subscriptions: info@apbweb. com. Website: www.apbweb.com. POSTMASTER: send address changes to American Police Beat, 505 8th Avenue, Ste 1004, New York, NY 10018. H istory remem- bers heroes and heroism. A po- lice officer who was shot and wounded in the leg during a shootout with San Bernardino mass shooters Syed Rizwan Fa- rook and Tashfeen Malik in 2015 has been presented with the Congressional Badge of Bravery. The somber ceremony honored the officer’s brav- ery in the Inland Regional Center terrorist attack that claimed the lives of 14 people. Officer Nicholas Ko- ahou, formerly of the San Bernardino Police Depart- ment, suffered a gunshot wound to his left leg dur- ing a firefight shortly after Malik shot and killed 14 people and injured 22 oth- ers on Dec. 2, 2015. Koahou, a former Ma- rine Corps. officer, was firing from a prone position and somehow managed to continue to return fire after he was injured. Speakers at the event included a long list of law- makers and other officials. Koahou has already re- ceived the Governor’s Pub- lic Safety Officer Medal of Valor for his actions. A cop’s heroism honored He was hit... but he kept firing “A hero is no braver than an ordinary man, but he is brave five minutes longer.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson Officer Nicholas Koahou (at podium) from the San Bernardino Police Department, standing with crutches, talks about facing the attackers during the pursuit and what he did after getting shot in the thigh, during a press conference with first responders who worked during that day. Koahou recently joined the Redlands Police Department in California after seven years with the San Bernardino Police Department. (Marcus Yam / Los Angeles Times via Getty Images)