Policewoman in job fight
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Your support makes all the difference.A rookie policewoman who found herself in trouble for wearing bright pink lipstick with her uniform admitted yesterday that she had found it difficult to obey orders.
But American-born Tamara Berton, 50 - who is claiming racial discrimination and unfair dismissal from the Metropolitan Police - said she eventually learnt to live with the discipline of being a police officer.
An industrial tribunal in Croydon was told that a report on her progress during her probationary period had concluded: "She appears at times to be a square peg in a round hole. Attempts to make her a round peg are seen as attacks. It is more like trying to interview a suspect."
The hearing continues today.
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