It's the circling of the wagons. Defend a fortified position instead of giving it up and going outside. Get everybody in one room with few entrances to defend and call the police. Let them search the outside.
is this standard protocol for every bump in the night?
Probably not, but what he is describing seemed a little more than the average noise.
It damn sure was. It was 3 or 4 taps on my window, and then the same on the window where my wife was sleeping, but they tried to push her window up. To me, and I could be wrong they were seeing it they could get a response or no response. Hell I dont know.
