Anyone have any stories of run-ins with animal control?

I'm not sure how to even handle what I encountered today, so I'll tell the story and y'all can offer thoughts.

So local news for Wichita, KS had a story of a BP found in someone's yard. Animal control was called in to catch it. The article went on to say that they were going to hold it for 3 days before seeking it a home outside Wichita, because "Owning ball pythons is prohibited within the city limits." Now before I bought my girl I researched a TON, read the state, city, and county municipal codes to make sure it was OK. Nothing about them. Just the 4 large constrictor species, rear-fanged (which I will probably get a hoggie anyway), and all venomous.

So today I headed down to animal control to ask after the BP and to get some clarification.

Me -"HI, I was just wondering about that BP that was in the news."
AC - "Yes we still have it."
Me - "I was just wondering if you had found a home for it yet, and to see how it's doing."
AC - "It's fine, and yes we just had someone on the phone who lives far away from the city who might take it."
Me - "OK so have you guys contacted Tails and Scales? (Local reptile breeder group, the guys handle most of our reptile rescues.)"
AC - "Yes we've talked to them about it, in case this (gestures to phone) falls through."
Me - "OK, so in the news it said that BPs are illegal to own. (They nodded) Now I've read all the relevant code and haven't seen anything about BPs. (More nodding, by this point I was annoyed b/c I was essentially getting the brush off about it.) So while I don't mean to be rude, I gotta say if they're illegal, prove it.
AC - (At this point I was asked to see my ID. Not only did I not have it but ummm. Heeeeeeellll no.) (Girl pulls out her phone.) "It is in section x of part #7 and says it's illegal. Straight from our chief. No non indigenous species of exotic pets."
Me - "OK so what about like, sugar gliders?" (My husband has mentioned wanting some. Might as well ask.)
AC - "Oh yeah those are OK."
Me - "But they are not indigenous."
AC - "Yes but they are fur bearing, not nasty, scaly things."

I don't remember what else, I was mad. Some things about feral cats, their opinion that they should all be killed to solve the problem. Now I run a feral cat colony. So not a subject to start with me.... More mad.

Did more research done on the way to the local reptile breeders. Still see NOTHING on BPs.

Went to Tails and Scales to get some f/t mice. Talking to the breeder, it sounds like animal control is making stuff up and has no idea what they're talking about. And I guess as pets are "Private Property" they can't just take them w/o a warrant. Seems like our reptile community has gotten the run around by animal control for years, the more people I talked to about it, the worse/weirder it got.

Thoughts? How do you deal with people like this?