Alief is throwing shade at crime in hopes that planting new trees will help protect the neighborhood.

The Alief area will soon be home to 1,200 new trees, and those planting them say the trees will not only beautify the streets, but help protect them as well.

You may be wondering, how can trees help prevent crime?

A study published in the Journal of Public Economics found that when temperatures go up, crime does, too.

[Points for trying…and there are a lot worse things to spend your money on if you have to waste it. ~ Beege]