> the most important thing about home security alarms is calling the police
I don't know about Norway, but just south of Norway, in Denmark, having something automatically call the police would be an issue. Not sure it's illegal, but there are rather few police officers in many parts of the country. In the northern part of the country you have a large zone with zero police officers on duty for the entire winter and similar situation elsewere in the country.
The author may very well have good reasons to dislike the security companies operating in Norway, but the service they provide isn't actually the alarm system, it's the operation center staff and their security patrols.
Without the security service, I'm not sure I see much value in an alarm system.
I don't know about Norway, but just south of Norway, in Denmark, having something automatically call the police would be an issue. Not sure it's illegal, but there are rather few police officers in many parts of the country. In the northern part of the country you have a large zone with zero police officers on duty for the entire winter and similar situation elsewere in the country.
The author may very well have good reasons to dislike the security companies operating in Norway, but the service they provide isn't actually the alarm system, it's the operation center staff and their security patrols.
Without the security service, I'm not sure I see much value in an alarm system.