I recently ( 10 months ago) retired from a police department. I know I've told people thousands of times if they see something that they believe is suspicious call immediately. Do not wait until the person(s) leave. Those few minutes are many times the difference in solving a case or not. Most people told me they didn't want to waste the police officers time. Again, call immediately. And yes in fact most of the times their wasn't anything to it, but I would much prefer responding to a call like that than a burglary or worse.
Also , in the above case the person was 100 % correct to call the police. I have arrested many burglars that used deception techniques. Knocking on doors with clipboards selling whatever, car out of gas, etc.
The fact that he was hired and checking on the weed conditions doesn't mean anything. He could be pulling weeds and breaking into homes. It still sounds suspicious to me.
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