My house has entry through the garage. Our deck overlooks the driveway, so often when anyone comes to the house I go out on the deck and talk down to them. Gives me a tactical advantage. I can pee on them.
Having been on the other side of that badge, once my chief and I got called to a house by the parents. 15 year old kid was raging, hadn't been taking his meds, parents didn't know what to do, so we were going to take him to the hospital by force. He calmed down as soon as we showed up, the hurt on his face at his parents calling the cops was heart breaking. Anyway, kid asked if he could pack a bag and chief told me to go with him to his room. As I passed the chief, he whispered to me "Get a good look around, see if there's anything we can get him on to hold him". I think that was the day I first started thinking the job wasn't for me.