Answer: villains
Basher and his crew got caught during a heist, and Rusty had to impersonate a detective to get him off the hook. Since Danny had been in jail, it is safe to assume that Basher had no choice but to work with amateur crooks. Now that he would be working with Rusty and Danny again, he didn't have to worry about someone making a dumb mistake, much like what happened to Basher in the scene before.