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"Do I go to the police and file charges?"
No, just my two cents, but I feel the above would have very little effect. She appears to be rationally choosing to defy you which may be, in part, her motivation. The defiance might not necessarily be aimed you, just authority in general. You are just the closest target. Pulling the police into it may escalate her behavior. It could get her attention, but I doubt it. Before I got into healthcare, I was a police officer, and we were called way to many times because people turned to us for what should have been handled at home and in therapy. We also had to explain to more than one tween that if they are out in places where they should not be and doing things they should not be, and have a run in with us (the police); not only will they be in trouble, but their parents will be in trouble for letting them get into that situation. So by enforcing rules at home their parents are keeping everyone out of trouble.
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