Agreed. But screaming police is not enough. Anyone can do that - including the neighborhood gangs she feared.
The police have a duty to properly identify themselves. There is no reason why they shouldn't be properly uniformed officers with badges when raiding a home.
Here's an example:
Fake cops storm into Penn Hills house
Rodger Macek thought something was wrong with the wood-burning stove in the basement of his Penn Hills home when he heard a loud bang about 5:30 a.m. Monday. Yet when the Beechford Road man came downstairs to investigate, he was met by four armed men dressed in dark clothing. Two of the men wore jackets with the word "police" in large letters across the front."I knew it wasn't the cops because they don't bust through your door wearing ski masks," said Macek, 47.
One of the intruders ordered him to the kitchen floor, put a gun to Macek's head and demanded to know where the money and drugs were hidden.