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@Oliver Schick
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Traffic is a social environment. If for some reason, despite being assisted by the finest mobility equipment known to man/woman, travelling along on your bike in luxury and relaxation, you are unable, while unprovoked, to maintain a civil and friendly manner of getting along with other people, no matter what their mode of transport may be, you just fail.
Try to be assertive rather than aggressive--being assertive means that in your interactions with others you try to ensure that you're OK and they're OK, not like being aggressive, where you try to get your way at someone else's expense. Your story above is a prime example of how not to interact. You'll enjoy yourself a lot more, without having to pretend to be so above low-ranking police officers that their (in this case) justified complaint only makes you laugh.
The usual recommendation for cycle training--it can show you how to ride around London perfectly happily without contravening traffic regulations and will show you a mature riding style that will be very effective in filling your fellow road users with envy at your superior choice of vehicle, so much so that they might even feel inspired to make the switch themselves.