I’m a little paranoid about the safety in my local community, and due to the nature of my work I cannot check my phone for alarm alert very often. I’m living in US.Does anyone know if there’s such API (or paid service) that can inform the police department automatically? I know you can do it with a lot of home security companies like ADT or Xfinity, but kinda like do it by myself.
You just reminded me of my older alarm installation from Paradox. That did exactly, what you want with an add-on module. Call up to 8 phone numbers in a sequence, saying a message, I did record.
Maybe this kind of module exist nowadays, that can be used universally? I don’t know, but maybe it’s a starting point in your search…
https://www.paradox.com/Products/default.asp?CATID=3&SUBCATID=39&PRD=272
Depending on where you live some towns/cities/counties etc may require an alarm permit. They may require it from a licensed installer as well. There can also be fines for false alarms or even installing an alarm without a permit. Check your local rules to see what can be done on your own.