Photos: Volunteers spruce up courtyard at NOPD's 8th District station

Volunteers with the French Quarter Rue Krewe and Cops 8 Foundation spent the morning Saturday, July 29, 2023, sprucing up the courtyard at NOPD's 8th District station on Royal Street in the French Quarter in New Orleans. The volunteers pressure washed patrol four-wheelers, stone benches and walkways, organized storage items and tidied up.

Volunteer Kansas Swain washes the courtyard at NOPD's 8th District station on Royal Street in the French Quarter in New Orleans Saturday, July 29, 2023. Volunteers with the French Quarter Rue Krewe and Cops 8 Foundation spent the morning Saturday sprucing up the station's courtyard, pressure washing patrol four-wheelers, stone benches and walkways, organizing storage items and tidying up. (Photo by Scott Threlkeld, The Times-Picayune | NOLA.com)

Jessica Dietz, president of the Cops 8 Foundation, organizes equipment at NOPD's 8th District station on Royal Street in the French Quarter in New Orleans Saturday, July 29, 2023.

Volunteers Frank Gerarve, left, Chris Swain, Kansas Swain and Jessica Dietz clean up at NOPD's 8th District station on Royal Street in the French Quarter in New Orleans, Saturday, July 29, 2023.

Volunteers Frank Gerarve, left, and Jessica Dietz clean up at NOPD's 8th District station on Royal Street in the French Quarter in New Orleans Saturday, July 29, 2023.

Volunteer Chris Swain levels concrete pavers over a former shrubbery bed, which was blocking the view of the street before it was cleaned out, at NOPD's 8th District station on Royal Street in the French Quarter in New Orleans Saturday, July 29, 2023.

Volunteer Frank Gerarve moves a patrol four-wheeler at NOPD's 8th District station on Royal Street in the French Quarter in New Orleans, Saturday, July 29, 2023.

Volunteers Chris Swain, left, and Jessica Dietz clean up at NOPD's 8th District station on Royal Street in the French Quarter in New Orleans Saturday, July 29, 2023.

Volunteer Kansas Swain washes a patrol four-wheeler at NOPD's 8th District station on Royal Street in the French Quarter in New Orleans, Saturday, July 29, 2023.

Jessica Dietz, president of the Cops 8 Foundation, organizes equipment at NOPD's 8th District station on Royal Street in the French Quarter in New Orleans Saturday, July 29, 2023.

A woman naps on a bench at NOPD's 8th District station on Royal Street in the French Quarter in New Orleans Saturday, July 29, 2023, as volunteers clean the courtyard.

A patrol four-wheeler is cleaned at NOPD's 8th District station on Royal Street in the French Quarter in New Orleans Saturday, July 29, 2023.