Cal,

I'm a retired LEO so I guess I evaluate the actions of current LEOs more than the average person. If I had received a call back in the day about an encounter with one of the officers in my command , and it was similar to what I recently experienced , I would have spoken to that officer and said something very similar to what you just said.
I would never call and gripe to an officers superiors unless it was a very serious incident, which this was clearly not. I just don't roll that way. I just threw it out on this forum to bounce it off you guys.

BTW, my wife thinks it was no big deal and that I should think nothing of it.