I got home yesterday, stopped at the end of the driveway to check the mailbox, the drove up the driveway (200') to the house, only to realize the home alarm was going off. I called the alarm company and they said the panic had been set, and Law Enforcement was on their way (I realized later I must have set it off on my FOB when I checked the mail). Since I can't carry to work (my employer exempted themselves from the parking lot law) I went in and went straight for the gun safe and grabbed my Sig Sauer and put it on - searched the house briefly and then went out and waited for Sheriff deputy to arrive (took 12 minutes, but we are rather rural). He arrived, and I met him in the driveway. I told him I had went in and got my carry pistol, and briefly showed him - he looked casually and agreed that I must have accidentally set the alarm myself. My concern is this ... the panic alarm is a non-recallable alarm, which means distress in the house. He never offered to sweep the house, or verify my identity as the owner of the house. I started thinking - what if I were the bad guy? This officer just assumed all was well and left. He was quite pleasent and casual about the whole thing, and I would love to encounter him elsewhere - but the fact that this was a panic alarm still has me thinking? Anyone agree with my concern, or am I just reading too much into this?