I once had cops knock on my house door. They asked if they could talk to me. I asked if they had a search or arrest warrant. When they said they didn’t, I told them to get off my property or I would file charges for trespassing. They left.
And then what happened?
Once at about three AM, the dispatch officer from the Cobb County police called my home and asked me if I owned such and such car. She said that two policemen were outside my home and were looking for a runaway. I told them that car was sold to my brother in law across the road and they went away.
They were smart to call-ahead. I don’t get up in the middle of the night to answer the door without a 12 gauge and my 45.