ROCK FALLS – IFH Group has created a custom ride for a special Rock Falls police officer that now may become part of the company’s line of products.

When the police department got its new K-9 vehicle, a Ford F-150 pickup, it decided it needed a special kennel. The department turned to the designers and welders at IFH Group for a solution for senior patrolman Jeremy Vondra and his partner, Nero, Police Chief Mike Kuelper said Tuesday.

“The old K-9 unit had half a K-9 cage, so prisoners would sit in the back seat next to the dog,” Kuelper said. “We requested a full-size kennel to go back there, and they said they could fabricate one for us.”