The cops thought they were the cats, but he was the cat.
The cops think you killed your brother for the insurance money.
The cops wouldn't think anybody would be that stupid, he'd said.
Right now the cops were thinking that to shoot first and ask questions later would be their best policy.
Why did cops always think you could shoot off a door lock?
"Starting tonight" was way up there, particularly when the cop in question thought she had another three days before the big bang.
She wants the cops to think I was behind it.
The cops will probably think you're a chauffeur and leave you alone.
Whatever the cops thought about this, they were polite enough not to say.