In both cases, the detectives refused to be treated as lackeys - and were backed by their bosses.

The detective refused to hand it over.

The detective refused the cocaine.

When the detective refused, Gordon jokingly pleaded with the detective to kill him instead of arresting him for "peddling junk."

The retired detective refused to talk to the sheriff.

However, our dogged detective refused to take such matters at face value, poked around, and discovered links, connections, histories.

When he tried to amend the record later, he said, detectives refused to let him.

The detective refused to answer, and Judge Mark Tolle ruled that the issue was not germane.

At first, he complained, detectives refused to let him examine the gun.

Galloway asked who had accessed his phone messages, but the detective refused to tell him.