Your crime was to be a law-abiding taxpayer. They know you will pay the bills and fines. The arrest was probably to meet some bureaucratic quota. They knew you would come quietly.
The drug house down the street now. They will be left alone. Except when the cops come to get their cut.
Yeah. I mean the law is the law, but handcuffing me in front of my children was a bit over the top. All the guards at the lockup (I spent the night in jail) kept telling me, was, dude, get a weed wacker...