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  "publishedAt": "2026-02-25T22:33:08.000Z",
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  "textContent": "\n\n\n\nA police officer has been sacked after weighing down her laptop keys to appear as though she was working.\n\nThe Avon and Somerset police officer, referred to as Sergeant X, has been dismissed without notice after she was found to be using a picture frame to weigh down her keyboard.\n\n###\n\n\n\n\nShe has been barred from police and other law enforcement agencies following a fast-tracked misconduct hearing at the force's headquarters in Portishead today.\n\nThe misconduct panel heard that data used by the Avon and Somerset Police Professional Standards Department identified PS X’s keystrokes as being significantly high in 2024.\n\n###\n\n\n\n\nTRENDING\n\nStories\n\nVideos\n\nYour Say\n\n###\n\n\n\n\nThis prompted an investigation which opened in June that year.\n\nEvidence found Sgt X weighed down her keyboard on the majority of shifts she worked in April and May 2025.\n\nHer keystrokes were between three and eight times higher than colleagues in a similar role, Avon and Somerset Police said.\n\nThe officer admitted to using a corner of a picture frame to weigh down the keys to prevent her laptop going into \"sleep mode\".\n\n###\n\n\n\n\n###\n\n\n\n\n###\n\n\n\n\nShe explained she could monitor calls on a separate screen during a time in which she suffered challenges in her personal life.\n\nAt the hearing, former Assistant Chief Constable Craig Holden, chair of the misconduct panel, found her behaviour amounted to gross misconduct.\n\nHe decided at the end of proceedings that the officer’s anonymity should be upheld after considering representations.\n\nDetective Superintendent Larisa Hunt, head of Avon and Somerset Police’s Professional Standards Department, said: “It is extremely disappointing an officer has behaved in a way which could not only discredit the police force, but also undermine the public confidence in respect of our duties and responsibilities.\n\n###\n\n\n\n\n### LATEST DEVELOPMENTS\n\n\n\n\n  * Cardiff BANNED from celebrating St David's Day with road parade as council fails to fund celebration\n  * Mother and daughter set on fire in their home by 10 men in gang 'revenge attack'\n  * Labour set to appeal High Court ruling on 'unlawful' Palestine Action proscription\n\n\n\n###\n\n\n\n\n###\n\n\n\n\n\"We know officers and staff deal with immense pressure and high workloads, and while Sgt X had some mitigating circumstances, it’s unacceptable for an officer to act in this deliberate and deceitful way by abusing the trust placed in her, by making it appear she was working when she was not.\n\n“We recognise the overwhelming majority of our officers and staff work hard to protect the public.”\n\n###\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n**Our Standards:The GB News Editorial Charter **",
  "title": "Police officer SACKED after weighing down laptop keys to skive work"
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