Indiana State Police in Evansville welcome new K-9 team

EVANSVILLE – On Wednesday, December 10th, Indiana State Police held a ceremony at the Indiana State Police Museum for eight new K-9 teams that completed the 16th Indiana State Police K-9 Training School.

Trooper Gage Cummings and his K-9, Bane, were among those graduates.

Trooper Gage Cummings and Bane

Trooper Cummings and his K-9 completed the 12-week school with over 480 hours of instruction, including obedience, tracking, locating evidence articles, apprehension, building searches, narcotics detection, and handler protection.

Trooper Cummings is a three-year-veteran and is assigned to the Evansville District.  Bane is a one-year-old Dutch Shepherd from Poland.