Because of attitudes like that, I always go out, of my way, to show appreciation to the police officers, I see.
Maybe its from growing up in the South, and how Southern Hospitality was embedded in my core.
Though this is not a small town, in some ways our neighorhood had a small-town atmosphere, and most of the cops knew us (or knew about us), and they were cool. However, over the years more than once a cop came to the door looking into possible truant-ism. We would talk briefly, and we'd be OK.
So no personal robo-cop horror stories here.
However, we were careful NEVER to go beyond the required few comments ("No, he's not truant," blah blah.) We talked to them on the front steps and NEVER let them into our house.
You never do that. Never let them in your house, never allow in the Child Protection Unit or any agent of the "social services." You inform them politely that you know they need a warrant, and you call the Home School Legal Defense Assn (HSLDA) LINK on your cell-phone speed dial and tell the cop or agent in question that they can talk to your lawyer.
Otherwise, Child Protective Services can proactively take your kids away, shove them into foster care, walk all over you, and make your life hell for years.
It happens. Not to us, but it happens.