FOI 1007-2025/26- Key jamming

Request:

Q1: How many members of the force in the past three years have been sacked by the force for the offence of key-jamming? Key-jamming, for clarity, is a practice in which people can falsely appear to be working and usually involves placing an object on a keyboard.

Please provide the information in a year-by-year format, along with the figure. If any other detail can be provided about the specifics, then please include. Where possible, please provide the information within the timeframe set out by the statue.

Response: 

Extent and Result of Searches to Locate Information

To locate the information relevant to your request searches were conducted within North Yorkshire Police.

I can confirm that the information you have requested is held by North Yorkshire Police. 

Decision

I have today decided to disclose the following information to you.

Q1. No information held – For the requested timeframe, there have been no members of North Yorkshire Police that have been dismissed for key-jamming.  

Please note that systems used for recording information are not generic, nor are the procedures used locally in capturing the data.  It should be noted therefore that this force’s response to your questions should not be used for comparison purposes with any other responses you may receive.