City of Ottawa hiring private eyes for internal snooping

OTTAWA — The city’s looking for a few good gumshoes to take over detailed investigations for its corporate security department.

A posting on the popular government procurement bulletin board Merx.com says the city expects to need about 1,000 hours a year of investigators’ time. The posting implies that much of the work involved looking into concerns about the city’s own staff, including surveillance, background checks and working with the police — plus even administering lie-detector tests and sweeping for bugs.

“Support services such as polygraph, statement analysis, and electronic surveillance detection may also be required,” the posting says. The city will pay mileage when somebody needs to be shadowed.

The city wants a firm that can be available around the clock to put together teams of investigators within six hours, who can work in English and French. Neither fedoras nor trenchcoats appear to be necessary.

The contract’s to be awarded in March.

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