New Dallas police chief says they’re doing a ‘deep dive’ on slow response times

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.

“Right now, we’re really doing a deep dive on response times,” Comeaux said Friday in an interview with our partners at Telemundo 39.

In Thursday’s report, Jeff Hauschild, the father of one of the boys, said his son suffered a concussion and a suspected broken arm in the collision…

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