Tacoma Police Chief Avery Moore didn’t deliberately mislead two city administrators after racking up more than $1,000 in charges on his city-issued phone during an overseas summer vacation, according to an outside investigation.
The city sought to determine whether Moore lied to city officials about the charges during a September meeting.
A Dec. 11 report, authored by Seattle-based attorney Hana Kern, found “there was not a deliberate untruth stated by Moore” but noted that he could have been more clear in regard to his awareness of the pricey bill…