It doesn't at all.
Because it didn't take me long to find someone talking about the same instance on Reddit, and everyone there agreed it was a consequence that comes with using technology when "Back To The Old Days" is active. A nearby neighbour complains, then storms in your house and breaks your things and you have to get them to fight to leave. In this save, it was Robin Banks. In a previous save which was also created after I turned of NAPs, it was Malcolm Landgraab. This save is in New Crest, that one was in Willow Creek, nothing to do with the Renegades.
So yes, my sims are experiencing the consequences of a NAP when NAPs are inactive and on a fresh save so none have been elected. And I turned off NAPs way back when I first got the pack, because it took a week for them to annoy me and give me nothing to build on with game play. I won't be reactivating full stop, but again, this is a game issue, not a user one. Thanks.