What bugs me is that , you were at your own home in your backyard, with your family, enjoying the day! It was not late, the children were having a ball, the dogs were having fun, and so WHAT if they were barking? Dogs bark, all dogs bark. They bark when excited, and having fun.
To call the cops on something this trivial is ridiculous. The thing is whoever is the one doing so, and keeps on complaining is the one who will be getting in trouble. IMO, it is reporting a false complaint .
A barking dog, is not against the law. If that were the case we all would be thrown in jail, be paying hefty fines, and losing our rightful ownership of our dearly beloved pets>
I have grown up listening to dogs bark, not once have I ever thought to call the cops on barking dogs. That to me, is the most stupidist thing anyone could do, UNLESS it were 2-5 am ! That would mean there probably ment something bad was going down in the neighborhood.
Using common sense goes a long way . Thye cop caller, is the problem neighbor, IMHO.