A plainclothes detective walked the perimeter of the area, a camera in one hand.

Another plainclothes detective set up lights to flood the area so the officers could work the scene.

Why didn't he tell me the phony plainclothes detective was black?

I'm going to request a plainclothes detective who's been assigned special duty with me before.

The plainclothes detectives who keep watch over City Hall said no one had seen anything.

The dancers were all in one corner with a plainclothes detective that I didn't recognize.

They crossed to a group of plainclothes detectives and one medical examiner.

Breeze came back into the room with a young fresh-faced plainclothes detective.

Without looking back, he handed it to a plainclothes detective who stood almost at attention behind his right shoulder.

You didn't get to be a plainclothes detective without that streak of sourness.