Edward Ayala

2 days ago | nbcdfw.com | Scott Friedman |Eva Parks |Edward Ayala

The new Dallas police chief addressed questions from the City Council's Public Safety Committee on Monday about the department's slow response times, saying overlapping officer responsibilities and an outdated system may be partly to blame. Chief Daniel Comeaux held his first briefing with the committee on Monday. He pledged to examine how the department prioritizes emergency calls and how to free up more officers to handle incoming calls.

5 days ago | nbcdfw.com | Scott Friedman |Eva Parks |Edward Ayala |Frank Heinz

New Dallas Chief of Police Daniel Comeaux is pledging to take action on slow police response times in the wake of an ongoing series of reports from NBC 5 Investigates. On Thursday night, NBC 5 Investigates showed startling video of two 10-year-old boys who were standing on the sidewalk with their bicycles when they were hit by an SUV that jumped a curb. Dallas police confirm it took officers more than four and a half hours to respond to the crash and begin an investigation.

6 days ago | nbcdfw.com | Scott Friedman |Eva Parks |Edward Ayala |Frank Heinz

There are more questions about the Dallas Police Department's slow response time after two 10-year-old boys waited hours for police officers after they were hit by a car while riding their bicycles on a sidewalk. One of the boys was hurt when they were both knocked to the ground along Vickery Boulevard last month, Jeff Hauschild, the injured boy's father, told NBC 5 Investigates. Dallas Police confirm it took officers more than four and a half hours to arrive and begin investigating the crash.

1 week ago | nbcdfw.com | Scott Friedman |Eva Parks |Edward Ayala |Frank Heinz

Police confirm that a Dallas family waited nearly seven hours for officers to respond after reporting what the family described as a life-threatening emergency. When you need them, you expect the police to show up quickly. Jodie Trevino told NBC 5 Investigates that when that moment arrived for her and her son Alec, the Dallas Police Department dropped the ball. "I was in hysterics. I was crying. I was ... anxiety. I mean, you can imagine," Jodie said.

1 week ago | nbcdfw.com | Scott Friedman |Eva Parks |Edward Ayala

Fort Worth police say they are close to clearing a massive backlog of hundreds of sexual assault kits uncovered in a series of reports last fall by NBC 5 Investigates. In our series Justice Shelved, NBC 5 Investigates reported that Fort Worth police failed to follow state law for processing sexual assault evidence kits more than 900 times. After the report, Fort Worth police set an aggressive deadline to clear the backlog by April 2025.