None of this changes the fact that some jerk is putting a household in harms way by maliciously calling the police on them.

so? where's the deterrence?

And lots of podunk towns also have officers who live in the community, hang out with you and your family at the Saturday Fish Fry, and know that when some new neighbors from the city call 911 because they see me crossing the road at 0200 in full camouflage it’s probably just Rusty out huntin’ yotes. There are always one-offs, for sure, but most country cops are good folks who usually give the town drunk a ride home and will probably just give you a warning the first you decide to act like an idiot.