Maybe they should have a talk with their neighbor.
Like with a baseball bat.
Back in the day the neighbor would have just kept an eye on us to make sure we were OK or we would have known the neighbor well enough to be invited over for an after school snack until the parents got home.
Being locked out was just one of those things.
Maybe the cop should be transferred to someplace dangerous.
Maybe they should have a talk with their neighbor.
I remember in the early 70’s when my dad used to have a “talk” with one of the neighbors,remember when one of them turned out to be a southpaw,took him a moment to adjust but when he finished “talking” the neibour understood his position.
I consider that neighbor's conduct unforgivable. I'd guess there was a long-running neighborhood dispute, and the bratty neighbor saw an opportunity to get even. Even if I was not the victim of this malicious report, I would shun that neighbor forever.
Yeah...a "talk". Those types of Gladys Kravitz busy bodies really grind my gears.
"Abner! The Stevens boy has been playing basketball all by himself! For 90 minutes! Call the police!"
"Gladys, get away from the window and get back in the kitchen and fix me a sandwich."
I'd certainly have a "talk" with them. Then I might seed their entire property with a certain type of weed that can be hard to kill and is illegal to have growing on your property. Then I might tip authorities to where they might find a drug dealer living nearby.
my way of dealing with the BS was this..
Moved to an area where the neighbor is so far away, they can’t see my house.
met neighbor before buying the house to make sure we saw eye to eye.
Live in an area where locking the door is optional.
The big city do-gooders are getting to close again (they keep running away from the crap they created) so it might be time to pull up roots and move further out.