Thanks for all the feed back. Sorry if it came across that I was phone in hand, about to call the cops with a "I need to talk to the manager" wig on. (
https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/speak-to-the-manager-haircut) In my industry it is drilled into us that if we observe odd behavior it should be reported so it can be correlated with other reports of odd behavior; if it was all innocent odd behavior - great, but someone needs to be informed of odd things if there is any hope of identifying something bad. That would have been my approach with the cops; not to call 911 and demand they kick her door down.
She is not mustachian, trash can over flowing with crap (blowing into my yard...).
She is not trading on craigslist, have not seen anyone carrying things in and out.
Part of why I have not taken action earlier was things felt weird; like not obviously drugs and not obviously sex - hence the post. I have only seen men who are over 30 going in/out and always by themselves (she is probably late 20's / early 30's). Drugs should have included at least one woman or group. So sex right? But some of the guys were in there for single digit numbers of minutes. I dont know the average duration of time spent with a prostitute; but the times I observed felt short. Also as Imma said I would have expected someone doing illegal things to be more careful about arousing suspensions of the neighbors. But I have also been told that I could never be a criminal because I am to logical and to clearly see the ways I would be caught.
"Like dude Alice, help me look the other way - tell your johns the correct address, help me to not give a shit."
The only plausible 'legal' explanation I saw in here was she is cutting hair.
Yes I was absolutely making assumptions, but numbers of men by themselves walking into someones back yard, letting themselves into a back door, staying for a short time then leaving, carrying nothing and leaving with nothing, is odd behavior.
Short of seeing a briefcase full of coke fall and open up or some guy with his willy out hand her cash there is no way I could be sure illegal activity is going on. The standard for calling the cops to report something being odd should lower than seeing el chapo sharpening a bloody clever.
I have no issue with prostitution or drugs. I do have a problem with someone selling them in a residential neighborhood and having the customers walking into my back yard and presumably trying to open my door.
My town has some bad areas and maybe I have taken a defensive mind set about my very nice solid blue collar neighborhood.
re talking to her - I am not the most social or talkative guy so knocking on someones door who I suspected of doing illegal things was not my first instinct. I am working on changing that about me but change is hard and takes time.
Asking the possible drug dealer/prostitute if she is ok with me putting up a camera with her house in the field of view does not seem like a good move.
Thanks for all the posts. Will see how this goes.