Was I In Danger?

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Yesterday when I was working, something sort of strange happened and I thought I'd run it by you guys. I work as a desk clerk for the hotel where I live. The office I work in is enclosed by bullet proof glass and a metal door of sorts. One of our tenants called 911 about another tenant who is not all there and a bit crazy but not crazy enough for the psych ward. Well, six police officers showed up for the call and when two of the officers came down, one of them came into the office and walked over to the door to the inner office where I was and snapped his fingers at me and pointed for me to open the door. I went over to the door and opened it and he said he wanted to use the bathroom. I said we didn't have a bathroom (meaning a public bathroom). He said that we did because he'd used it before and demanded to know why I lied to him. I explained that we don't let people use it and he said that he wasn't people he was a police officer. His attitude was one of intimidation and I really didn't like the way he was acting. About that time, the maintenance man showed up and I told the officer that I didn't have permission to let anyone but staff members in the office. As soon as he saw the maintenance man, he suddenly did an about face and said "never mind, you have a nice day" and spun around and walked off. Then, he proceeded to laugh and talk with his co-workers for another ten or fifteen minutes until they got an emergency call. Before they left, two of the other officers came in to let me know what happened with the tenants. I told them what happened and they apologized for him. While the officers were outside talking, the maintenance man and I were talking and I told him exactly what happened. He thought it was strange that if the officer really needed to go to the bathroom, why hadn't he left to find one. I think it was his attitude more than anything that concerned me. He was definitely trying to intimidate me and what concerns me is what might have happened had the maintenance man not come in when he did. I mean, does the officer simply get off on intimidating women or was there something else he planned to do if he was allowed inside? I don't intimidate easily and I don't think he expected me to put up so much resistance. Also, if he simply needed to use the restroom, why didn't he smile nicely and ask politely instead of treating me like I was supposed to just obey his commands? It was his attitude that really made me suspicious of what he was intending. In fact, it was bothering me so much last night that I finally called the Watch Commander at the police department and reported the incident. As I told the Watch Commander, I don't want to be an alarmist or be over-reacting but this was really strange and I felt someone should know about it. He made out a report about it because he asked for all of my information, which I have to say made me a bit nervous considering the situation. I just have to trust God to protect me but I felt that if I didn't say something and he later does something to some woman while he's on duty, there wouldn't be anyone to back up that he has a problem. This way, it will be on record and if he uses his position to intimidate another woman and something does happen, they can refer to this. Oh, and just so you know, I live in the Rampart Division which has made national news about the problems in its department so that's another reason that my alarm bells went off. So, what do you guys think?