Hotel detective

A hotel detective is a person in plain clothes hired to monitor the security of a hotel and investigate various security, morality, or rule violations therein. They are distinct from uniformed security guards employed by a hotel.

For the song and EP by They Might Be Giants, see (She Was A) Hotel Detective.
Not to be confused with Hotel Inspector (disambiguation).

Hotel detectives are often retired and/or ex-police officers with additional training. They have prominence in certain noir fiction, especially in the works of Raymond Chandler, where detectives are occasionally referred to as "dicks."

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