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In Die Hard they got a call of terrorists and sent out one car to take a look. That sounds like a pretty good procedure.
Wait... what was Hans Gruber's plan if McClane didn't throw a chair out the window and shoot a bunch of rounds? He needed the FBI to shut off the power. If Carl just left then the FBI wouldn't show up and the power wouldn't have been cut and he wouldn't be able to open the vault.
I guess he could've called the cops himself later, but they made serious effort to make sure everything looked normal when Carl came in the building.
Gruber says right afterwards, that the police action was inevitable, but now they had to move up the timetable.
GRUBER: All of you relax. This is a matter of inconvenient timing — that's all. Police action was inevitable, and, as it happens... necessary. So let them fumble about outside, and stay calm. This is simply the beginning.
Don't know how long it would take to break into the safes and don't want the cops to arrive early.