 As a child an illness affecting Tara's immune system left her unable to pursue her love of acting and singing, and doctors feared she may lose her legs.Tara originally trained as a riding instructor, pursuing her other passion of horses, but later decided to re-train as a police officer.Tara lived next door to her parents in Lincolnshire and said that the only time she had ever been apart from them was when she briefly attended a boarding school.