LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) -- The Louisville Metro Police Foundation unveiled a new tool to help deter crime in the city's downtown area. 

The new vehicles will provide patrol officers with a safe and innovative way to remain accessible and visible to downtown residents, workers and tourists.

"These are just vehicles that are much more visible than traditional patrol vehicles," said LMPD Lt. Caleb Stewart. "I think that goes a long way and increasing that perception of downtown being safe."

The vehicles are for use exclusively in LMPD's First Division in downtown Louisville, helping officers maintain a strong, highly visible presence. The new vehicles are more nimble, and will allow officers to respond more quickly than a traditional patrol vehicle.

"They can go up a curve, obviously, and go up hills really well," said Lt. Stewart. "We utilize them a lot of times downtown or waterfront park, and sometimes there's just places that a traditional patrol vehicle really can't go, but these can."

Rebecca Grignon Reker with the Louisville Metro Police Foundation thanked LMPD for its continuing service during a ceremony Tuesday morning. 

"We all come together as a city and we see that our officers need us, and we step in because they come every single time," Grignon said. "They come to our worst days, and we have to show up for them."

Funding for the vehicles came from the Honorable Order of Kentucky Colonels, Kelley Construction, and other individual donors.

The unveiling ceremony also honored Law Enforcement Appreciation Month.

"Officers want to do their job, they want to do them well, and they want to serve the community," LMPD Chief Paul Humphrey said.

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