Police recruits in colour blindness discrimination claim

Two police recruits turned down for positions because they have a form of colour-blindness only found in men, are claiming sex discrimination.

Graeme McCullie and Robin Dixon are taking the Strathclyde Police Force to an Employment Tribunal because they claim the force’s decision was discriminatory.

Strathclyde Police, the largest police force in Scotland, has rejected eight candidates in the last three years for having a form of colour-blindness that disables them from seeing diffe... (184 more words)

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