High zoom camera
We need help catching a convicted felon in our neighborhood. We have a neighbor who's adult son has been convicted with a number of serious felonies, I wont go into detail on what they are, but its enough that a judge imposed an order that he is not allowed back to his parents property. He has defied that order and continues to sneak back to his parents property and the surrounding neighbors are concerned about that given what he was arrested for and the security of children in the area. The local police said they cant make an arrest unless they have definitive evidence that he is back at the house. Unfortunately our neighborhood is mostly large secluded properties and our basic security cameras are unable to catch him. Their driveway is mostly hidden by trees, but I did see this individual walk up from the mailbox one evening.
Setting up trail cams is not an option due to the location and the only real option I see is to mount a camera on my property that points at their mailbox that is about 500' away and hope he presses his luck and walks to mailbox again thinking no one can see him. I have a reolink security system and I purchased a ptz 16x camera that unfortunately cant zoom in close enough to see clear enough detail. What I need is a camera that has high enough zoom to see clear detail at 500'. It doesn't need to be a ptz and infact it doesn't necessarily need zoom capability as it will be fixed on this specific area 500' feet away. Ive searched for a security camera that meets this criteria but to no avail. I guess what im asking is there a way to take a basic 4k reolink camera and rig up some kind of telescopic lens to the front to get the long distance view? This setup would be temporary as we need it to work long enough to capture the video evidence to give to the police so that they can make an arrest. Any input or ideas would be greatly appreciated.