Jun. 4 A new appellate court ruling means there will be a closer look at public records penalties against the City of Tacoma in a case concerning a cell phone surveillance device used by police. A three judge panel of Division II of the Washington State Court of Appeals upheld most of the penalties against the city Wednesday, which totaled $182,340 for records it withheld about the device. The .
An appellate court ruling determined that public records penalties against the city of Tacoma, Wash., will be reviewed for the police department’s use of a cellphone tracking system to locate suspect devices.