My house has three levels. Family bedrooms are on two of them. I can't afford to sit in bed and dial 911 with daughters sleeping downstairs, if i sense a threat I have to investigate. However, 911 will be called by the wife and if there were no others in the house then the right course of action (if you are certain of an intrusion) is to sit tight, be armed and ready, and call the cops.
Looks like we agree.
Thanks for what you do as a LEO. We have seen that the thin blue line is so very important.