The ACLU is suing the city of Wilmington for info. on police stun-gun use and cell phone tracking.

The ACLU of Delaware on Friday sued the city of Wilmington to gain access to information about how the police department uses stun guns and cellphone-tracking records.

Citing an anti-terrorism exemption in the Freedom of Information Act, the city has denied the local ACLU chapter access to both records. The city of Wilmington had no comment on the ACLU's lawsuit, a spokesman said.

American Civil Liberties Union chapters across the country are studying frequent use of phone records by law enforcement to track individuals, said Kathleen MacRae, executive director of the ACLU of Delaware.

Among the records sought by the ACLU include policies and procedures for obtaining phone records; the use of cellphone records to identify calls made in a particular area; and the legal justification for obtaining phone records. The ACLU also wanted to know whether the city uses "digital fences" in which police are notified by telephone companies whenever a call comes from a specific geographic area.

"There's no oversight, there's no warrants, there's no reporting to the courts," MacRae said. "We're trying to come to an understanding of what it is they're doing. Because right now, anything goes."

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