Surf's up on premise beach

From what I can tell from the commercial for Lakeview Terrace, the premise is that Samuel L. Jackson is a really inconsiderate neighbor, but that no one can call the cops on him because he is a cop. So it shows him, like, cutting down his neighbor's flowerbed and shining a bright light into their house at night. I find the whole idea very absurd, and exactly the sort of plotline my dad would invent at around the halfway point of his scotch.