There are times when cops really ought to be kicking in doors.
A hostage-taker threatening the lives of innocents unless he gets what he wants?
Go for it.
A terrorist tinkering with poison gas in his basement workshop for the greater glory of whatever?
Hey, let me loan you a sledge hammer.
An elderly man whose grandson unknowingly bought a hot cell phone?
Not so much.
We want to go home at the end of your shift too, guys.