from the internal investigation would be reviewed by the Police Complaints Board and passed to the Director of Public Prosecutions to consider whether criminal charges should be brought against the officers. Whitelaw further promised that he would take steps to ensure that no such incident could happen again. Three detectives involved in the shooting were suspended from duty during the investigation. Five days after the shooting, on 19 January, Jardine and Finch were charged with attempted murder. They went on trial in October 1983 but were acquitted of all charges after the judge, Mr Justice Croom-Johnson, directed the jury. Waldorf eventually made a full recovery and received £120,000 in compensation in an out-of-court settlement early in 1984. Impact In response to the decision to prosecute the officers who shot Waldorf, multiple Met officers who had previously been authorised to carry firearms, relinquished their authorisation. The Police Federation, which represents rank-and-file officers, suggested that armed police officers should be given a degree of legal immunity for actions taken in the course of their duties. As a result of the shooting, the selection criteria for officers authorised to use firearms were tightened and their training improved. Nonetheless, poor training and practice contributed to two further incidents in 1985 (one fatal) and further reforms were introduced. Open Fire, a TV drama about David Martin and the shooting of Stephen Waldorf, was made by London Weekend Television and shown on the ITV network on 12 November 1994. The shooting is referenced by Ranking Roger in his toast over a dub version of The Clash's 'Red Angel Dragnet' (a song inspired by a 1981 vigilante murder in New York). Roger's version was recorded in 1983 but not officially released until 2022. His opening lines are, "Mi seh dem shoot Stephen Waldorf by mistake. It was David Martin whose life dem try to take." References Bibliography Citations 1983 in London Metropolitan Police operations Non-fatal shootings