Anyone know how one would go about implementing this? I'm new to the CK and Papyrus. I'm looking for a way to kick the player out of the lockpicking mini-game when they break a lockpick.

well im not sure. But if anything this has been happening to me already without adding any changes.. a new bug in skyrim?

All is in this function : PushActorAway
http://www.creationkit.com/PushActorAway_-_ObjectReference

Well I know you get kicked out of lockpicking when you break a pick and someone is aware of you. Maybe that's whats happening to you?

Hmm... I'll look into that. Would just a tiny tap do the job, or would I have to push the player out of the lock's range? Because that would kind of defeat the purpose that I'm going for.