Every officer in the University of Colorado Colorado Springs Police Department now has new body armor, courtesy of a Colorado Springs nonprofit that provides free protective gear to first responders.

SHIELD616, a group that helps give free body armor to first responders, held a vest presentation at UCCS on Wednesday.

Donations raised during the Tour de SHIELD616 bike ride in May helped outfit all officers at the UCCS Police Department. UCCS says that without those donations, it would have cost the department more than $30,000 to obtain the body armor.

A patrol supervisor with the UCCS Police Department spoke to the significance of community members giving to departments they may have no direct connection to. "Some of them probably have never met us and (are) still willing to give for any department that's out there that is needing the equipment, so it's super special in my heart," said a patrol supervisor for the UCCS Police Department.

It remains to be seen which local first-responder agencies SHIELD616 may target for future vest presentations in the Colorado Springs area.