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Gonna tell you all a story that happened to me by an overzealous local policeman. This story might be a little difficult to believe but it is true.
Bought a new telephone late one evening. One of those that hang on the wall. Programed 911 into it. Was tired and didn't want to mount it to the wall that night so I just laid it down on a footstool until morning. We had just gotten a 6 month old dachshund from a friend of my son. He lived in an apartment and they wouldn't let him keep it. Since he work a lot he never got around to housebreaking it.
We had her chained to a chair leg during the night so she would not mess all over the house. Well, somehow she managed to reach the phone sitting on the footstool and knocked the receiver off and hit the button that dialed 911 at the same time. Wife and I were sound asleep and didn't hear the police knock (or at least they said they did). My son, who lives next door saw the police at my house and came over just as the officer was about to kick my door in. He told them we were asleep and that he would let them into the house. After discovering what happened we all had a good laugh.
I am happy that my son observed what was happening and things worked out as they did. Because, anyone who kicks my door in when I am sound asleep at 3:30 AM probably would not have made it down the hallway to our bedroom without getting themselves killed. Police or whomever. My wife and I have been married for 47 years and there has never been a domestic dispute or violence amongst us. This is a small community and most everyone knows us including the police.
We do not get the best of the brightest candidates for police officers. This could have quickly turned into a tragic situation because of one officer. Both for them and for me.

This could have quickly turned into a tragic situation because of one officer.

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- and - " a 6 month old dachshund."

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Stuff happens. What if - someone had been lying on the floor (alone at home) with a debilitating medical emergency? They might want help then.

We do not get the best of the brightest candidates for police officers

If thats the case then I feel sorry for your town. If the officer was at your house alone on an 911 open line call the that is bad SOP. Then again you said it was a small town and it may have to be that way I suppose.

I can't think of anytime I've ever booted a door without having more info than there was an open line. If by chance the officer came into your home because there was concern about your welfare, I'm hoping that before they came in they would have announced loudly and often that they were with the police and why they were there. You've eluded to the reasons why there is protocol for the police to properly handle those situations.

There may not have been any history of domestics or other issues but what if it were a medical emergency and for some reason and nobody could communicate with the dispatchers or come to the door to greet the first responder? The cops get sent first to tell the fire department that the coast is clear.