Dallas Police Chief Appologizes to Houston Texan & Family

Dallas Police Chief David Kunkle appologized on Thursday to a family that had been detained for running a red light while speeding to the hospital to be with a relative before she died. Houston Texan running back Ryan Moats, his wife Tamishia and her relatives were racing against time to visit Moat's mother-in-law who lay dying from cancer in the hospital.

Moats' mother-in-law, 45-year-old Jonetta Collinsworth, had been struggling with breast cancer. That night family members received word that they needed to hurry to the hospital because she was dying.

The cruiser cam video shows a relatively calm Moats question Officer Robert Powell about the need for a ticket given the circumstances. Regarding the behavior of Officer Powell, Chief Kunkle said, "at the point the officer was told that they were responding to a dying family member, that should have been his concern: to allow those people to get access to that family member."

Powell is on paid leave and may be dismissed from the force pending the outcome of an internal investigation.