False panic alarm on our security system

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Yesterday I came home from work and disarmed the security system as I always do. There were no issues. I went into the bedroom and got changed from my work clothes into gym clothes. Then my phone started ringing and it was the security system company. Oh no. I immediately answered. They asked for my name and security password and then said that they received a panic alert and the police were on the way. I was like "I successfully disarmed the alarm, it didn't go off, and we DON'T even have a panic button here! Tell them not to come!" While she tried to cancel the call, 2 cop cars showed up. It was awesome. The officer was very nice. He could see that I was relaxed and I told him that I had successfully disarmed the alarm with no issue so I didn't know why they had received an alert. He asked if there was any sign of an intruder. I said no. He didn't want to come in to verify or ask for my ID but I think that's because the security company had, by this point, told them that I had given them the proper security code word. I changed my phone password several months ago after I had a fight with my husband. I've been in the habit of using that 4 digit code. That is also the 4 digit code that my husband entered into the security system as a "panic" code for me. I think I just wasn't thinking yesterday and entered it thinking I was simply disarming the system. Needless to say, I've switched my iPhone and Apple Watch back to the original passwords. I don't need to piss off the local cops any further with false alarms. We've already had a few over the years with Sandy setting off the motion detectors when he shouldn't have been able to do so.