My first encounter with a police officer..

I got my driver's license when I was 25 years old, almost 10 years ago and I have never been pulled over by a cop before.  I am a very careful driver and follow all the rules ALL the time.  So it was a huge surprise to me when I was happily driving with my kids two days ago, paying attention to the road when I see the lights flashing behind me, I figured the cop wanted to pass me to go get a bad guy... turns out I was the bad guy.  I immediately started to shake and wondered what in the world had I done wrong, did I forget to signal?  did I turn left when the light was red???  I honestly did not know why he was stopping me.  I was so nervous but tried to remain calm.  As soon as he approached me I knew he was not a nice cop, he asked me if I was aware that my son was out of his seat in the back, I immediately turned around to look at Victor because he is the one that gives us trouble with the seat belts.  He asked how old he was, I said 9 and he said "Really?"  why would I lie???  It was in the way he was talking to me the entire time like I was a criminal or something and being very rude and sarcastic with me, when I told him that I had never been pulled over by a cop before he asked "Have you been pulled over by anyone else?"  He wasn't joking or anything and there was not even a smile, I mean he could clearly see how stressed out I was.  I know he was just doing his job and he probably encounters all kinds of people all day long, but he could have been a little bit nicer to me.  Then he happened to mentioned the real reason why he pulled me over...both my brake lights were out.  I had no idea, I told him that I didn't know but then he just moved on to the same subject, getting on my case for Victor playing in the car while I was driving, he thought he was not wearing a seat belt, which he was but the middle seat belt has to be adjusted to your waist and apparently he had not done so, so when I asked him before we left the house if he had his seat belt on he said yes and he wasn't lying, he just did not adjust and that's why he was fooling around in the back.  I am a responsible parent that is always making sure they put on their seat belts on, every single time we get in the car, we sit there until they are all ready to go, it can take up to 5 minutes to get everyone ready.  While the cop was in his car all I could think of was how much the ticket was going to be, and I kept telling the kids "See? How many times have I told you to put your seat belts on or a cop is going to get me?", I say that every time.
He did not give me a ticket and for that I am grateful, but I was sent with a citation and told me to get the lights fixed, then he started to get on my case about the seat belt thing once more and told me to go home and teach my kids about car safety.  That's when I asked me to talk to Victor because he was the one not wearing the seat belt and he got really upset with me, he said he wasn't the parent and that was my job.... I tried to make him understand that I have done that all  their lives, tell them and make sure they have their seat belts on, did it help? NO, they still don't get it or I would not have ended up in the situation I was at right then, so I said to him that I would love to take the opportunity for Victor to finally understand the consequences of it, I told him that since he was a police officer and talked to him maybe he was going to finally understand....
The police officer I think finally took pity on me and understood that it really wasn't my fault or that I really try to be a responsible parent and maybe the fact that by this point I was in tears and shaking so hard.  He talked to Victor and asked him to make sure he wears his seat belt every time we are in the car and to sit still while his mom is driving.
When the whole thing was all over I just sat there and started crying like a baby, don't know why I get like that.  It was so stressful and scary at the same time.  The kids were scared too because I had told them so many times before that it was going to happen some day and they thought that I was going to go to jail... Victor was pretty freaked out too and has been asking me if the cop is going to come back and get me, since we fixed the lights right away I told him he wouldn't, he knows now that I was not kidding before.
The annoying thing is that he WAS wearing a seat belt, he definitely knows better now and we are implementing it more than usual.
So there it is, my exciting first time dealing with a police officer.  Too bad he was not friendlier, too bad he could not see what a mess I was or did not care for most of the encounter.  I know they are just doing their job and there are people out there that are not safe at all, but it still bothers me because I was really focusing on driving that day, I was not on my cell phone but concentrating on the road and I did hear Victor being noisy but I did not see him jumping or anything, what he likes to do is talk to Kahlan and make her smile.  My new rule?  Don't talk to Kahlan while they are sitting in the back.