Had a trainee cop and a Sergeant show up for "Open Burning". Tiny little fire in a fire pit. I have a Gladys Kravits living next door.
Trainee came in my yard all puffed up. "We have multiple complaints about your fire."
"Really, how many?" I asked
"Umm... Yeah. A bunch." The trainee stammered.
"You are lying and I know it, try again." I replied
"I read the ordinance and you can ONLY have a fire to cook food." Lying again. (Cooking, melting metal, and a celebration fire are all permitted)
"I read the ordinance and you are lying again." I once more caught him in a lie. "Son, you used up all your time with me by lying."
I turned to the Sergeant and said. "The fire started at 9:15, I've got three hours. See you guys at 12:15"
Young guy started to pull a "Respect My Authourity!" Attitude.
"Sergeant he has crossed the line to trespassing. Please remove him"
He protested some more.
"Get in the car." The Sergeant barked. "Or I will put you in the back!"
Sergeant and I had a quick polite talk about how the neighbor was using the PD to harass us and how I didn't care for it. I asked if he wanted a copy of the ordinance. By this time I had been reading and printing out the paragraph relating to whatever I was doing. He declined.
We had them at our house 21 times without even a warning. Then the dumb bitch stepped over the line and swatted us for a man with a gun call. She nearly went to jail over that one. She stopped her shit after that one.