Ernestina, Eris, Aequitas: to obtain that which is just we must ask that which is unjust.

The following file was compiled in 2029 by a GCPD Internal Affairs official investigation into Operation WATCHDOG after concerns were raised by departmental psychologists Drs. Quinzel, Chase and Leland when numerous complaints were filed by Police Academy students regarding a mandatory training film screened to aspiring candidates. The documentary contained full-color photographs and video material from actual case files occurring in Gotham City, ranging from homicide, traffic fatalities, rape cases, domestic violence and child abuse and was not intended for public viewing. Images that raised intense concern included the infamous murders of Thomas and Martha Wayne, District Attorney Harvey Dent, Kevin Santy, clips from an FBI sex crimes file showing the abuse of minor Johnnie Doe, as well as original news and home video footage of Fear Night and the Sisters of Mercy fire that were considered too graphic for airing on public broadcast. Of important note in the psychologists' argument is that the documentary's directors, Officers Eugene Fitzgerald Bradley and Frederick Dean Milton, both voluntarily enrolled in psychological services for a period of four months both during and after production of the film. Officer Bradley was voluntarily relieved of duty for an additional period of one month, with pay.

When word of this controversy leaked to the media, the issue quickly became not one of concern for the students but of scorn, with home-made mockumentaries going viral on the internet, popular on sites such as Facebook and YouTube.

The following article by notorious gossip columnist Vicky Vale was published in Gotham City Siren:

Training Video Too Graphic?

Students complain of nightmares after mandatory 'police brutality'

Vicky Vale, Gotham City Siren

Your reporter never thought she'd see herself writing this, but to all you hecklers out there, lay off the GCPD. Sure, they're still more corrupt than the Mexican government and incompetent enough to depend on a Flying Rodent in spandex to bail them out but give these so-called "Cowardly Students" a break. Most are in their early to mid-twenties. Statistically speaking, they're dependents on mom and dad living at home who can't even remember to pay their basic cable. Automobile rental companies and insurance alike find it risk adverse to let them drive a vehicle. But now in the course of one video the GCPD is forcing them to face what amounts to the emotional trauma of 20 years of duty? The alleged purpose of the video is to ascertain 'psychological readiness' of the prospective candidates. But is it fair to expect these barely post-adolescents who can't keep up with their Netflix subscriptions to cope with intense emotional stress that usually comes with years of experience and maturity?

This reporter wanted to know for herself.

Your dashing reporter went undercover in the Police Academy and screened the documentary herself in order to get the facts on the matter for you, dear readers. She was unable to finish. This training film—which has rightfully earned itself the nickname "Gothamika"—totals an hour in length, is gut-wrenchingly brutal and more vomit-inducing than Hollywood's worst dressed A-list awards, at least the first fourteen minutes and thirty-seven seconds this correspondent managed to stomach. Highest among the distaste and disregard for propriety that your reporter witnessed were child molestation and crime scene photos of the murders of Thomas and Martha Wayne. What the Wayne Legacy Foundation—the GCPD's largest private funder—has to say on the matter is not yet known, but this reporter finds it unlikely their response will be able to run in print.

Congratulations, GCPD, you've done it again. Just when we think you can't outdo yourself, you never fail to disappoint. If you, dear reader, find yourself wondering what Commissioner Gordon was thinking with this newest initiative of ineptitude, take heart that you're not alone. Although many have commended him on his efforts to rid the city of corrupt officers, this newest tactic of scaring off all potential police candidates must call into question whether 'Honest Jim' belongs in public office or Arkham Asylum.

This exert is taken from the official court transcripts of the Defense's closing argument of People vs. Paltron, in which a video clip of FBI sex crimes file Johnnie Doe was also screened for psychological impact:

Dent: This is one minute. Sixty seconds of film. One minute of over 1300 hours of footage salvaged from computer hard drives and digital cameras. Prior to my client's case, the FBI Sex Crimes Unit had been looking for this young man, Johnnie Doe, for over four years due to the heinous nature of these acts and the overwhelming amount of documented abuse he suffered in images previously published on the internet alone.

Finch: Objection, your honor! Relevance?

Surillo: Prosecutor, these are closing arguments and therefore you have no right to object. However, Mr. Dent, and ladies and gentlemen of the jury, I must state that I have never seen anything so blatantly prejudicial or offensive in my court room in twenty-two years of practicing law. The perpetrators of these acts are dead, and I find it pertinent to question the presence of this video—as vile and tragic as it may be—in the closing arguments of this case.

Dent: Just this, your Honor. What do you feel? Anger? Sadness? Rage? Sickened? What would you do for Johnnie Doe? The child in this video—this sixty second video—whose suffering over eight years you witnessed only a minute of? What would any of you do to stop this from ever happening again? No, ladies and gentlemen of the jury, let me rephrase that: what wouldn't any of you do to save him? Would you take the law in your own hands? Or is there another law, a higher law, a superseding, anthropological, moral law that compels us all to do whatever is necessary when faced with the endangerment of a child? Humans beings are biologically programmed to follow a moral law when it comes to the well-being of an infant or child, even a stranger. I—you—the defendant Gwen Paltron-wasn't acting of her own accord that night. She was acting in a superseding response to the suffering of an innocent human being—that young boy—and to the despicable depravity of four men, one of whom was the boy's father, in violation of everything that comprises our humanity.

Gwen Paltron has been arraigned and charged with four counts murder in the first degree, kidnapping, arson, and obstruction of justice. It is up to you, a jury of twelve of her peers, to find her guilty or not. It is up to you to seek justice for the lives of those four men who were brutally murdered on December eighth. But before you do, ladies and gentlemen of the jury, I have one more thing for you to consider:

What would you do? What would any of you do? What should Gotham do, in response to such heinous acts? What is justice for Gwen Paltron? For Johnnie Doe? But more importantly, ladies and gentlemen of the jury, ask yourself this: what is justice, true justice, for those four men who locked Johnnie Doe and his mother in an underground Hell and forced them into a life of pornography and rape day after day after day for eight years, maybe more?

Perhaps you find yourself at a loss. At a moral quandary you'd rather not ponder or be forced to answer. But ladies and gentlemen of the jury, you don't have to. You are here today as a jury of their peers, as a voice to speak and answer for Gotham…and Gotham already has.

[Court transcripts indicate at this time Video Evidence People vs. Paltron #2 is screened, containing CNN coverage of the transfer of the defendant from Kane County Courthouse to Jane C. Arkham Memorial Women's Correctional Facility in which a riot ensued, resulting in physical assault against the defendant, the defense, and SWAT escort. Members of the mob were subsequently arrested and charged with assault with deadly force and attempted murder.]

Dent: This, ladies and gentlemen, is a jury of their peers. And this is their verdict.

Verdict:The jury found the defendant Guinevere Paltron not guilty on for four counts Murder in the first degree, kidnapping, custodial interference, and arson. The jury found the defendant guilty of obstruction of justice.

Sentencing: Justice Surillo sentenced the defendant to 3 months in prison, retroactive to time already served. Ms. Paltron was released on parole.

The following is a letter published in the editorial section of the Gotham City Gazette, written by Police Lt. Guinevere Paltron in response to public outcry concerning the training documentary:

Dear Editor,

Shut up, f*** off, or listen up. Every one of these future officers needs to know what happens here. Needs to know what it's like to face violence and sexual atrocities and to cope with both without aid of closure. This is Gotham, and if they want to police it they need to know our enemy. The goal of this video—as some have purported—is not to desensitize, not to shock, not to inspire introspection. Its sole purpose is to inspire nightmares. I want every man and woman considering Public Service in this City to know the risks of what they are considering. If they want to serve their City in such a capacity they need to know beforehand how to deal with heartbreak. With each screening of this video, I want every recruit to reconsider his motivation and his ability to uphold his oath. Anyone hard enough to watch these horrors without thoughts of hopelessness or homicide is a heartless b*****d with no empathy and I don't want him on my force.

GCPD Lt. Paltron

My boy was borne off
By a burning sea-fever,
The searing storm
Was his sea-sickness:
My son, who shunned
All spite and slander—
I must weep. But why
For one so all-worthy ?

Forgive his fate
And forget I will not
Odin, not Egil
Enjoys him for ever,
He has stolen my son,
The sapling growth
From my wife´s womb
The warrior-seed.

The spear-god shared
Spoil with me,
My oath was to Odin,
He gave me aid:
Now that maker of mystic
Runes only mocks me
Voids all my victories,
That breaker of vows.

I´ll make offerings to Odin
Though not in eagerness,
I´ll make my soul´s sacrifice
Not suffer silently:
Though this friend has failed me,
Fellow of gods,
To his credits he comforts me
With compensation.

That wolf-killer, that warrior
God, well seasoned in war
Bestowed a bounty
Not to be bettered:
To my art he added
One other gift,
A heart that held
Not craft only: hatred!

The end is all.
Even now
High on the headland
Hel stands and waits,
Life fades, and I must fall
And face my own end
Not in misery and mourning
But with a man´s heart.

—Egil, Lament for the Son