TO: JPMacG, Post #1.
It might help to have some FAA documentation along, and a polite buddy to explain it to Officer "Friendly" if he shows up uninformed and with a low tolerance for backtalk.
I was among a group flying CL near a big golf course, and run off with threat of arrest, when a duffer complained we were buzzing him, about a quarter mile away.
Didn't matter to the badge wearer.