Seconded. Police are not There To Help You. Police enforce the law. When in doubt of the law, they simply enforce. Don't ever tip someone off to the police unless you have a real reason to believe they have or will harm a person.
As an example, I called them once (using a non emergency number before anyone says anything) because I was worried about a vulnerable relative who I couldn't get hold of and they were great - went to his house and called back to say he was fine, just couldn't hear the phone over the TV.
But even a wellness check can go exceedingly wrong in the US.
"He said he called a non emergency number for a wellness check. Smith said minutes later he heard a gunshot."
https://www.npr.org/2019/10/13/769891781/fort-worth-officer-...
For example, the UK police do not routinely carry firearms.
Its the system you put your kid into by calling the police on them. Police don't have choices in a lot cases and the system around them has a lot of rules that capture people in them for years.