My ex brother-in-law was a cop. Bragged about whispering “police” before kicking down the door, then claiming the occupants refused to open. Being a cop really changed him for the worse - one of the nicest guys you would ever want to meet when we were in school. Carried a throw-down gun.
I have a 7 year old male Portuguese Water Dog. My girlfriend has a female Pit Bull 2 years of age. We left the house the other day forgetting one of those “things” that you just have to check on. She phoned her neighbor & asked him to enter the house to take care of the matter. Both dogs knew him & like him. My girlfriend’s female Pit Bull just sat there, but my PWD wanted to remove a limb from the neighbor.
Eventually he was able to calm the dogs. But the point is that “nice dogs” can be very territorial. It’s all about context.
Oh, and my GF’s Pit loves to fly at the door when a certain mailman is on duty. She never does it with anyone else. It’s kind of a “hold my beer, and watch this” moment.
So 2 Dogs that I would describe as “meek & loveable” have witnesses that could reasonably claim that they were “vicious”. I have no doubt that if the police were to enter her house in the manner described that they’d both end up dead.