Yeah, I'm Australian and based on news stories I've read online I would have serious reservations about calling the US police to do a welfare check on any one who was one or more of:
a) a person of colour;
b) Autistic;
c) mentally ill.

All too often welfare checks on people who are a, b, or c end up with the police causing serious harm or death to the person whose welfare they are supposed to be checking up on.