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@nick_warner
oh good, when the sun comes up and the decent people of the interweb rise a lot of excellent points and helpful advice start to accumulate.
I was both wheels over the line, track standing (not in my favour, i know) and waiting for the lights to turn.
first lesson learnt
The reason I felt some sense of injustice (much to many forumers disgust, it seems) is because the officer in question was standing at the pedestrian crossing on my left as I was waiting, and he waved me through the lights in a very confusing 'carry on' sort of gesture. I gave him a bewildered scowl and proceeded to edge past hime (assuming i was in his way or something) at which point he yelled stop.
I stopped - second lesson learnt
I attempted to reason with him, saying I was not going to proceed and that I only did because he waved me on, and he argued that I was already running through the lights and that he was waving me over to the side.
quite clearly on this occasion I will paying up.
the smugness came in the form of him trying to entertain me with tails of horrendous accidents, which was theatrical, insensitive, and totally unnecessary given the lack of severity of my crime. and also his boasting about how many fixed penalty tickets he gets given per day to hand out to the likes of me!
thanks for your helpful input