I called something out that was suspicious during my work watching cameras. But my coworker called it overreaction
I work as a surveillance operator, and tonight my security team called out something suspicious in the parking lot. We started watching the situation on cameras.
There was a large U-Haul truck parked extremely close beside a blue van. I’ll call the U-Haul driver “Guy A.”
A second vehicle then arrived and parked on the opposite side of the blue van in a really strange way. Inside that car was a driver (“Guy B”) and a passenger (“Guy C”). There was also another person already on the property involved in the interaction (“Guy D”).
What stood out immediately was Guy B’s behavior. He kept repositioning his car at different angles that blocked our camera views of the blue van. Meanwhile, Guy A, Guy C, and Guy D were all moving around the vehicles together.
Eventually, Guy B parked behind the U-Haul and stayed inside the car while the others crowded around the back of the truck. They opened the U-Haul, took out a cooler, opened it, and placed it on the foothold of the truck. Guy A, Guy C, and Guy D could all be seen moving back and forth between the cooler and the passenger car.
Then a police cruiser happened to drive past the property. The second that happened, everyone immediately dispersed. Guy C and Guy D quickly got back into the passenger vehicle with Guy B and left the property. Guy A stayed behind with the U-Haul.
A little while later, the owners of the blue van returned — a man (“Van Guy”) and a woman (“Van Woman”). Guy A spoke with Van Woman through the driver’s window while Van Guy just stood there looking completely zoned out and uninvolved in the conversation.
About 20 minutes later, Van Woman left, but Guy A is still sitting on the property as I’m typing this.
What’s bothering me is that my coworker and the security staff basically brushed the whole thing off, saying weird stuff happens all the time and unless we directly witness something illegal, there’s no point documenting it.
I argued that at minimum we should file a suspicious activity report just so there’s a record in case something comes of it later. They said it wasn’t necessary.
Am I overthinking this, or does this sound like something worth documenting?