I had to go to the Post office so I went on over to the Police station and talked to Billy (Our Police Chief).
He said that no, the Officer did nothing wrong. According to our laws here. He says "I don't know about California."
He also said, "I would have used a little discretion myself."
That's about what I thought....which would make it negligent, at best. At least under the standards as they exist where we are.
I still say civil court is the way to go, not criminal.