Peter Grogan

**Peter Grogan** was the Commissioner of the Gotham City Police Department and superior of Lt. James Gordon. When Batman began operating in Gotham, he was skeptical of the vigilante and refused to work with him. However, during the Children of Arkham's rampage or Harvey Dent's occupation as mayor, Grogan began to respect the vigilante and worked with him to stop them, at the cost of his own life.

## Biography

It is unknown how long Grogan has been Commissioner for before the
beginning of the series, but it could be assumed that he took over the
role after his predecessor stepped down or was forced to resign. During
his time in the role, the vigilante Batman was operating in Gotham City,
 although it's unknown if he began before or during Grogan's
appointment. Unlike some cops in the GCPD, like Lt. Gordon, he believed the vigilante was interfering with Police business and sabotaging evidence.

Gordon says that he had a family, though it is not known who his
wife and children were. Shortly before the series, he placed the
Lieutenant in charge of the Major Crimes unit, to cope with rising
numbers of crimes and the Batman.

### New World Order

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It is unknown whether Gordon was able to talk Grogan into working
 with Batman during the Children of Arkham's attacks on the city, but he
 was able to call an alliance between his taskforce and the vigilante.
Grogan could be heard talking to Gordon about the service's Wayne Tech
being compromised by the Children of Arkham and was talked into getting
rid of the technology, preventing their messages from being heard by the
 group but preventing officers from communicating.

### Guardian of Gotham

Following an anonymous tip from Batman, asking officers to come to
Gotham Heights, Grogan went with his officers to investigate. Upon
arriving, he took over the investigation from Gordon, believing Batman
to have interfered with the investigation and tampered with evidence.
Grogan and his officers were able to gather the evidence collected by
Batman and Gordon, along with the knowledge of Lady Arkham's identity and the location of the Children of Arkham's chemicals.

Later, Dent and his enforcers arrived at the GCPD and threatened
Grogan to hand over the knowledge they had gathered. Grogan complied,
possibly having been blackmailed into surrendering it, which later led
to Dent destroying the warehouse where the chemical was stored, along
with the city block it resided in and several of his enforcers. *If Batman chooses to confront Dent, he will later suggest that Gordon tries to convince Grogan to help take down Dent.*

### City of Light

Depending on who Batman chose to stop in the previous episode, two possibilities will happen to Grogan.

* Stop Penguin
* Stop Dent

If Batman chose to stop Penguin and the Children from hacking his Bat-Tech,
 Grogan and his officers would clash with Dent on occasions. After he
refused to comply with him, calling him "a murderer and terrorist", the
mayor sends his enforcers to capture and kill Grogan, along with many of
 the GCPD's officers.

As Grogan is dragged into the precinct's lobby to be executed, he
 was saved by Batman, who knocked out his attacker and helped him up.
Grogan and his officers helped the vigilante battle the enforcers and
retake the precinct. However, after Batman is caught off guard by one of
 Dent's men, Grogan tried to tackle the gun out of their hands, only to
be shot it the torso as he did so. *Depending on whether Batman can*
react in time, he will either be able to subdue the enforcer, preventing
 him from escaping, or let him run, only for them to be shot by Gordon. *As Grogan died, he encouraged the vigilante to stop Dent and prevent further bloodshed from his enforcers.*

If Batman chose to stop Harvey Dent and his enforcers, the Children
of Arkham attack Café Trisle in the hopes the draw the vigilante out.
After Grogan tried to interfere, he was captured by the group and held
as one of the hostages. When Batman arrived to stop the Children of
Arkham, Grogan was one of the hostages he chose to free first.

However, as Batman approached a device set up to incapacitate his
 armor, Grogan tried to warn him but was too late. With the mercenaries
setting up to execute Batman, he tackled one of them, preventing them
from shooting Batman. Eventually, the mercenary was able to gain the
upper hand and shoot Grogan. Though Batman tried to intervene, his
grappling gun malfunctioned, prevent him from saving the commissioner.
As Grogan died, he encouraged the vigilante to stop Lady Arkham and the
group, hoping he could save the city.

### Legacy

Batman, as Bruce Wayne, would later be able to assist in the capture of
either Penguin or Dent, who was responsible for Grogan's death.
Following his death, Gordon was given the position of acting
Commissioner, though was unsure he could ever be able to live up to
expectations set up by the late commissioner.

## Personality

Grogan was an honest cop, who believed that his force should be capable
to take down the criminals of the city. This was one of the reasons why
he did not operate with the Batman, but trusted his officers like James
Gordon. Grogan is said to have had a family, whom he cared for deeply.
He was also willing to put his life before others to try and protect
both his officers and the people of Gotham, including Batman.

## Trivia

* Peter Grogan created by Frank Miller and Jordan B. Gorfinkel

* Unlike his comic book counterpart, this iteration of Grogan was not corrupt and had no ties to organized crime.