The word 'detectives' is correct and commonly used in written English.
It refers to a group of individuals who are trained and employed to investigate and solve crimes. Example: The detectives were called in to investigate the mysterious disappearance of the valuable diamond from the museum.
Detectives are presently following 400 lines of inquiry, while the BBC has launched an inquiry into the culture and practices at the corporation in the era of Savile's alleged sexual abuse.
The death mask is that of Daniel Good, whose success in evading a police hunt for weeks after he murdered his wife in 1842 led to the formation of a dedicated team of detectives.
Detectives are baffled how five women, some of whom would certainly fight back, seemed to be so easily subdued before they were strangled.
Detectives are working on the theory that Kerr was shot as a result of a botched robbery attempt and that the gang had not intended to murder him.
Police officers at Orgreave, she said, were asked by South Yorkshire police detectives to describe in their statements "scenes they'd simply never seen", with some Liverpool officers claiming they had witnessed a riot at Orgreave but had never left Merseyside.
Call off the detectives, there's no mystery here.
Detectives from Scotland Yard's murder squad say they believe they know the woman's identity, although formal identification has not yet taken place.
Mangota said detectives should work with Dzamara's lawyers "to search for [Dzamara] at all such places as may be within their jurisdiction", and report progress to the court.
Detectives suspect that the farm, owned by local businessman John Fowler, could be where the robbers initially took the depot manager Colin Dixon and his wife and son, whom they kidnapped in order to force him to cooperate.
Having helped to almost destroy an innocent man – who was held for three days by detectives, a decision possibly encouraged by his conviction in the court of journalistic opinion – television now attempts to solidify his exoneration with The Lost Honour of Christopher Jefferies, a two-and-a-half hour, two-part drama (Wednesday and Thursday, ITV), written by Peter Morgan.
The film crews were embedded with us for months, covering everything from Scotland Yard management meetings to firearms operations and response car teams to murder detectives.
