And that, Lucas thought, should have been clear enough to any real cop.

They'd done a better job of making themselves look like real cops.

He wanted to go back out to the field where the real cops were, though this case did have its special charm.

But no way would he like to mess with real cops.

A real cop would have called for backup before coming into the store.

"At last I have a chance to talk to a real private cop and you ruin it."

"You trying to make us finally believe you're a real cop?"

"Get out of here before I call a real cop!"

"Be sure to let one of you real cops go through the door first."

There must be nearly a hundred real cops in this city alone.