No.
I wish I could tell you that it’s worth the risk to show the police a little kindness, but they’ll just exploit it.
So not merely, no, but hell no: do not let the police in your house unless you want them in there (and unless you want them in there to help you stop a crime that’s being committed against you or a loved one in your house and you’re overwhelmed, you almost never want the police in your house).
If the police want to come inside your house, it is far more likely than not (so far likely as to be a near certainty) that they aren’t asking for the purpose of conferring any benefit on you but instead for precisely the opposite purpose. Once they are inside they can (and almost certainly will) start trying to take liberties with your liberty/freedom and with your other constitutional rights against unlawful searches and seizures.
Do not invite the police in. Do not welcome them in, if they ask to come in. Do not even open your door if the police are on the other side (they’ll stick their feet in the door, and if you try to push them out, you will then be arrested for assault on a police officer) unless they are threatening to break the door down if you don’t open it. Talk through your doorbell camera or just talk loudly through the closed door instead.
If they tell you they have to show or give you something, tell them to slide it under the door or through the mail slot. If they tell you it can’t fit, invite them to show you through a window. If they tell you they won’t (or “can’t”) show you unless you either come outside or let them inside, you know they’re trying to fool you.
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