Huh? a plainclothes cop isn't a detective? This is, I
believe, the
earliest class of investigators to use the word detective.
They damn well
like to be called "detective" nowadays, let me tell you
("sir" also works).
The distinction between uniform cop and planclothes detective
is a pretty
big deal. In the real world, police detectives are likely to
refer to PIs as
"detective" in quotes. In Tracy, a whole early continuity was
devoted to him
getting busted down to uniform beat.
James
James Michael Rogers
jetan@ionet.net
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