K9 Roll of Honor
K9 Hero
Danger
New York, Chicago and St. Louis Railroad Police Department
— Cleveland, OH
Struck by train
Russian Terrier
Service Record
End of Watch
June 9, 1896
Tour of Duty
3 years
Gender
Male
K9 Profile
Breed
Russian Terrier
Cause
Struck by train
Agency
Department
New York, Chicago and St. Louis Railroad Police Department
Location
Cleveland, OH
Incident
K9 Danger was struck and killed by a train on the Lake Shore and Michigan Railway tracks near West 17th Street in Chicago, Illinois.
Danger and his handler were patrolling the railroad yard when Danger suddenly started chasing a cat. The cat and Danger both ran in front of an oncoming train and were killed.
K9 Danger had been rescued by his handler three years earlier after several boys tied a can to his tail. His handler, a special officer for the railroad, trained him to search for trespassers on the railroad property and the two patrolled the yards together for three years.