DJarnig

I just moved to the area and saw lots of dogs at Flagpole hill over the weekend. So yesterday, I decided to take my dog there since I drove to White Rock Dog Park and saw it was closed. I was the only person at the entire park at the time until a police officer drove her car in the middle of the field and gave me a "dog at large" ticket, mind you my dog was 10 feet from me, if that. She refused to give me a warning, even though she could tell by my license that I just moved here. Any suggestions or do I just have to suck it up and pay the ticket?