Cop fired after using sneaky trick to pretend she was working from home

"While using a picture frame in this way gave the initial impression that she was online and working, tech specialists at police headquarters quickly cottoned on to her deception after they noticed one of their officers had entered an exceptionally high number of keystrokes. They actually spotted her trick almost straight away, with the officer getting away with slacking off for most of April and May, 2024."

"At her misconduct hearing this week, they detailed how the police officer's keystroke in these two months were between 300 and 800 percent higher than those of her hard working colleagues. Or, at least those who'd bought a lighter picture frame."

"A police sergeant in the UK figured out a surprisingly low-tech solution to fool her bosses, or so she thought after placing a picture frame on her keyboard to prevent her computer from going to sleep - which would have flagged that she wasn't working."

A UK police sergeant attempted to deceive her employers by placing a picture frame on her laptop keyboard to keep it active and prevent the computer from going to sleep, creating the false appearance of continuous work while working from home. Technology monitoring systems at police headquarters detected the deception by identifying unusually high keystroke counts—between 300 and 800 percent higher than her colleagues' normal activity levels. The officer successfully concealed her inactivity for most of April and May 2024 before an investigation began in June. When presented with evidence at misconduct hearings, she admitted to the scheme and was subsequently terminated from her position.

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