Eva Parks is the producer for both NBC 5 Investigates and NBC 5 Responds As the resident watchdog, she covers a variety of issues fighting for consumers in North Texas and beyond.
Eva is right at home at NBC 5. She grew up in Richardson and is proud to call North Texas home.
As part of NBC 5 Investigates Eva helped uncover mistreatment of wounded soldiers at the Army’s Warrior Transition Units, institute change in police policy, and exposed safety concerns and corruption inside Dallas County Schools.
Eva has been nationally recognized with multiple journalism awards including a 2017 Peabody Award, five Edward R. Murrow Awards, IRE Award Finalist, two national Society of Professional Journalist awards and a National Emmy.
When she’s not covering the news, Eva enjoys hot yoga and discovering hidden trails to hike across DFW with her family.
The Latest
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‘McKinney Intl': How a suburban airport, local courts bring cartel leaders to justice
The McKinney National Airport in Collin County has become a gateway for drug cartel bosses on a journey to face justice in the United States.
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Old system, duplicative work partly to blame for slow Dallas PD response times, chief says
The new chief of police in Dallas addressed questions from the City Council on Monday about the department’s slow response times and short staffing.
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Dallas police chief reacts to NBC 5 Investigates series ‘Help on Hold'
Dallas Police Chief Daniel Comeaux is reacting to an NBC 5 investigation that’s raising more concerns about slow police response times. Our investigation uncovered how it took more than four and a half hours for police to show up at a crash involving two 10-year-old boys hit by an SUV while standing on a sidewalk. NBC 5 senior investigative reporter...
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New Dallas police chief says they're doing a ‘deep dive' on slow response times
Dallas Chief of Police Daniel Comeaux pledges to take action on slow police response times where people have been left waiting hours for help.
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Help on Hold: Dallas police take hours to respond after kids on a sidewalk were hit by a car
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.
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Backlog of nearly 900 unprocessed rape kits cleared by Fort Worth police
Fort Worth police say they’ve cleared a backlog of hundreds of sexual assault evidence kits that sat on shelves while leaving victims waiting for answers.
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Help on Hold: Family with mental health crisis waits nearly 7 hours for Dallas police
A family says they waited nearly seven hours for Dallas police to respond after reporting a life-threatening mental health emergency.
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Fort Worth police close to clearing evidence backlog for hundreds of rape victims
Police in Fort Worth say they are close to clearing a massive backlog of hundreds of backlogged sexual assault kits.
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Dallas city leader wants answers after NBC 5 investigation into slow police response times
A Dallas City Councilmember is demanding action less than 24 hours after NBC 5 Investigates revealed some people who called for help waited hours for a police officer.
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Help on Hold: NBC 5 Investigates finds major delays in Dallas police response times
In some parts of Dallas, records obtained by NBC 5 Investigates show police response times exceeded goals not by minutes, but by hours.
