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The homeowner is lucky to be alive after walking in on two burglars during a crime in progress.

With my experience as a burglary squad commander and a veteran of countless building searches for suspects, crime scene investigations, and interviews with burglars, I absolutely wouldn't enter my own home if I saw a strange car backed up to the house and a door that I had left closed now open. I've seen plenty of what can happen to people who do, and I don't plan on making it easy for somebody to make those things happen to me.

Despite my ownership and knowledge of the property, from a tactical standpoint, I'd be the attacker who is at a 10:1 disadvantage if he walks on in. The folks inside have the defender's advantage, and can set up a very effective ambush. They can easily triangulate on my position and attack from two directions at once, knowing that nobody's going to help me because nobody will know I'm in trouble until somebody comes upon whatever's left when the bad guys are done.

That's the time to get the tag number, call for the guys with the radios, dogs, and backup teams, and take up a safe observation position outside until they arrive.