The only real issue you should have is taking the time to go to court for it, but it will get tossed, so I wouldn't even worry about it.
It's a pain in the ass to have to go down there, but they shouldn't make you pay that. I'm fairly confident you'll be walking out of there without a fine.
As far as calling the police and them telling you to pound sand, what did you want them to do exactly? Just curious. I mean, I'm not sure there IS much they can do for you... it would be the same as calling them for a photo radar ticket. Unfortunately, you have to deal with it in court, there is not much the police can do about it.
Just because it happened to you, doesn't make it interesting.