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City seeking PI firm for snooping job Internal affairs. Private contractor sought for ‘highly confidential’ investigations ALEX BOUTILIER
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The City of Ottawa is seeking a private contractor for internal investigations — which may include administering polygraphs and conducting surveillance — into allegations of policy and standards breaches. The municipality’s Corporate Security Unit wants private investigation outfits to bid on a contract to support “highly confidential” internal investigations, according to a request for proposals issued Friday. “The service provider will be responsible to provide in-
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Corporate Security’s budget for 2013 is about $1.4M.
vestigative services, such as background research and surveillance to support investigations undertaken by the Corporate Security Division of the City of Ottawa,” the RFP states. “All work undertaken will be highly confidential in nature and may involve formal interviews of the subjects.... Support services such as polygraph, statement analysis, and electronic surveillance detection may also be required.” The external contract does not appear to be connected to any particular allegation of wrongdoing. Corporate Security, comprising 10 employees, is responsible for the physical se-
curity of municipal personnel and assets, including designing security systems and controlling access through photo identification. The unit also conducts and monitors fraud and waste investigations, liaising with law-enforcement agencies when required. Shannon Kenney, the city’s security and emergency-management chief, was not available for comment Monday. According to the city’s specifications, the successful sleuthing company must have a 24-7 dispatch facility and have investigators available on short notice. The contractor must be licensed under Ontario’s Private Investigators and Security Guards Act. The contract runs two years, beginning in April, with an option for three one-year extensions. It is not known how much the help will cost the city.
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